Italy will not send troops to Ukraine, says Meloni

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that she has refused the French-UK proposal to include Italian troops within the composition of a possible European peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

“Italy has expressed doubts regarding the proposal of France and the UK on sending European troops. I think it is very difficult to implement, I am not sure about its effectiveness, that’s why we announced that we will not send Italian soldiers to Ukraine,” Meloni told Rai1 TV.

“After all, everyone has the same goal, to bring just peace to Ukraine, sustainable and lasting peace, I’d say final peace. Thus, the key issue here is how to build the peace that would include security guarantees for Ukraine,” she added.

Meloni’s comments came after a summit of several EU country leaders in London on Ukraine and collective European security. After the summit Meloni said she is skeptical about the idea of sending European troops to Ukraine.

She warned that division in the West would be 'fatal for everyone'.