KYIV: Italy will keep supporting Ukraine in resisting Russian attacks but has no plans to offer fighter jets, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday (Feb 21) during a visit to Kyiv. The Italian leader, on her first trip to Ukraine since Russia's invasion a year ago, has been a staunch supporter of K
KYIV: Italy will keep supporting Ukraine in resisting Russian attacks but has no plans to offer fighter jets, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday during a visit to Kyiv.
"At the moment the supply of planes is not on the table," Meloni said at a news conference alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Surveys have shown that a majority of Italians oppose sending arms to Ukraine and would rather achieve peace by making concessions to Russia - an option Meloni has firmly ruled out.
On Tuesday Zelenskyy brushed off Berlusconi's comments, saying the 86-year-old media tycoon had not had to live under daily bombardment and blackouts caused by Russian air strikes.
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