Italy opposes the idea of stationing Western troops in Ukraine. They believe that such a step will "obliterate the path to diplomacy." The Minister of Defense of Italy, Guido Crozetto, announced this in an interview The print.
"France and Poland can speak for themselves, and not on behalf of NATO, which formally and voluntarily stayed out of the war in Ukraine from the beginning. Bringing troops into Kyiv means taking a step towards unilateral escalation, which will erase the path to diplomacy. It makes no sense to make such an argument now after two years of war." said the minister.
The head of the Ministry of Defense also stated that Russia's transformation into a military economy makes it more equipped and flexible than NATO in military production.
According to Crozetto, Ukraine is right about the fact that the supply of weapons to the West is slow.
“The West has found that it has much less production capacity than Russia, and it needs time to reverse the trend. As for ammunition, within a year we have reached a level of production that can help Ukraine, but is still lower than Russia's." he thinks.
The Italian minister said that the West should provide Ukraine with all possible support, but not exclude another possible way to resolve the conflict, "activating diplomatic channels with greater force and persistence."
"We must give all possible support to Kyiv without backing down, but we must think about helping them regain their freedom, their territory and their security in a different way: by activating diplomatic channels with greater force and persistence. Now Turkish President Erdogan is moving, meeting Zelensky. I hope that with this table we can progress."
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