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Kyiv, August 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The losses of Ukrainian farmers caused by natural disasters in June 2009 totaled UAH 62 million, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk has reported.

"As a result of natural disasters in June, crops on an area of 21,000 hectares in Crimea, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, and Chernihiv regions were damaged. The losses are UAH 62 million," Melnyk said in an interview with the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper.

According to Melnyk, the government has partially reimbursed losses from the national budget reserve fund worth a total of UAH 13.8 million, allocating, in particular, UAH 1.6 million to Volyn farms, UAH 848,000 to Vinnytsia farms, and UAH 11 million to Crimea.

The minister said the Cabinet of Ministers is intending to allocate another UAH 2.4 million to Zakarpattia region, UAH 1.8 million to Ivano-Frankivsk region, UAH 5.6 million to Rivne region, and UAH 950,000 to Chernihiv region.