IMF upgrades forecast, NV exclusive with Fukuyama, Belarus accused in child abductions

• Ukrainian economy showing ‘remarkable resilience’ – IMF upgrades Ukraine’s growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded real Ukraine’s GDP growth for 2023 to a range of 1% to 3% against the previous range of -3%to +1%, although the outlook remains highly uncertain as the war continues, IMF’s envoy to Ukraine, Gavin Gray, said on May 30.

• EU Commission chief urges all countries to supply Ukraine with long-range weapons, security guarantees from NATO

The European Union calls on all countries to transfer long-range weapons to Ukraine if they can, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 31.

• US will continue to provide Ukraine with weapons despite attack on Moscow – White House

Against the backdrop of recent drone attacks on Moscow by unknown forces, the United States will continue providing Ukraine with everything it needs to protect its sovereign territory, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said at a press briefing on May 31.

• Francis Fukuyama on Western attitudes towards Russia and 'overemphasized' corruption — interview

NV spoke with Francis Fukuyama, one of the most powerful thinkers in the world, at the beginning of the second year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, at a point where most countries understood the dangers posed by Russian aggression.

• Expert explains why the West can't quickly ramp up weapons production

In an interview with NV, Director of the United States and Europe Center at the Brookings Institution, Constanze Stelzenmüller, explains the issues plaguing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Europe that it struggles to overcome.

• WHO records 1,000 Russian attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities since invasion

Russia has carried out 1,000 attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ukraine reported on Facebook on May 30.

• Wagner’s Prigozhin blames Russian MoD for Moscow drone attack

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader Russia’s Wagner Group PMC, has decided to capitalize on the outrage of Russian citizens caused by the drone attacks on Moscow and its suburbs, in order to further discredit the Russian Defense Ministry, presenting himself as a "defender of the ordinary people."

• The true scale of Russian combat losses – opinion 

Prigozhin's latest statements confirmed the actual scale of Russian combat losses in Ukraine. – Butusov

• Belarus responsible for deportation of Ukrainian children, Kyiv says

The Ukrainian government has confirmed that Moscow is carrying out forced displacement of Ukrainian children through the territory of Belarus, with full cooperation from Minsk authorities, Ukraine’s ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said at a press briefing on May 31.

• 'Butterfly effect’ – How the drone attack on Moscow could lead to dire consequences for Russia

Drones, presumably Ukrainian, attacked Russia’s capital city of Moscow on May 30.

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