The report says that the forecast harvest of berries and fruits decreased to 1.76 million tons from 2.47 million tons.

It is reported that the May frosts, observed almost throughout the territory of Ukraine, caused significant damage to fruit and berry crops and grapes. According to the ministry's press service, frosts caused the greatest damage to stone fruit crops (cherry, cherry, apricots, peaches, plums).

However, it is noted that it is planned to collect 33.

3 thousand tons of apricots, 9.7 thousand. Tons of peach and nectarine (against previously expected 71 thousand tons and 18 thousand tons respectively).

According to the ministry, the agrarians of Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Poltava and Zhytomyr regions will suffer the most serious damage. Also a difficult situation is observed in Volyn, Rivne and Lviv regions.

Earlier, URA-Inform reported that because of frosts Ukraine will lose a million tons of fruit.