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A significant drop in air temperatures is expected in Ukraine this week, the Ukrainian Weather Forecasting Center has reported.

"It will be cooler by the end of this week… There is a trend towards a reduction in air temperatures in the second half of the week," Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Weather Forecasting Center Anatoliy Prokopenko told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.

"It will get cooler quickly. I cannot say that it will be very cold, but there will be significant changes. At least, we expect them," he added.

As reported, cooler temperatures are also expected in Moscow. According to the Russian Hydro-Meteorological Center, air temperatures in the Moscow region will drop to less than 20 degrees Celsius by the weekend, with intermittent rainfall expected during the week.