Italy won't look the other way on the
"barbarism" of the Russian assault on Ukraine, Premier Mario
Draghi told Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky after the
latter addressed the Italian parliament via videolink on
Tuesday.
Draghi praised the "heroic" resistance of the Ukrainian people
faced with the "ferocity" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Draghi said Italy had frozen assets worth over 800 million euros
belonging to Russian oligarchs; that Rome wanted Kyib in the EU;
and that Italy would send military as well as other aid in view
of the "massacres" Russian troops are perpetrating.
"Ukraine is defending our own peace and security," he stressed.
Draghi also said that Italy would soon wean itself off its
dependence on Russian gas; that "Moscow wanted us to split but
instead we have been united", and that "Putin is isolated while
the international community is united against him".
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