Zelenskyy after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Meloni says decisions to protect Ukrainian skies
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after talks with Italian Prime Minister Giora Meloni, has announced important decisions to protect the Ukrainian sky.
Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday where he held a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni.
Zelenski is also expected to be received by Pope Francis.
“Today we discussed our cooperation, particularly in the field of security and military cooperation. There are very important decisions to protect our skies,” he said at a joint press conference with Meloni. Furthermore, according to Zelenskyy, he discussed with the prime minister of Zelensky said that he discussed the Ukrainian peace formula with the Italian prime minister.
Russia earlier sent a note to NATO countries over arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that any cargo containing arms for Ukraine would be a legitimate target for Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Kremlin said that pumping weapons into Ukraine from the West did not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian talks and would have a negative effect. Lavrov also said that the US and NATO were directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, “including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel… on the territory of the UK, Germany, Italy and other countries”.
Earlier, the Kremlin said that there were no prerequisites for the transition of the situation in Ukraine to a peaceful direction now, the absolute priority for Russia is to achieve the goals of the special operation, which at the moment is only possible by military means. They added that Russia appreciates the efforts of all the countries which are trying to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution, but so far this is impossible. According to the Kremlin, the situation in Ukraine can move in a peaceful direction if the de facto situation and new realities are taken into account, all of Moscow’s demands are well known.
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