Italy defense minister says it would be ‘absurd’ not to continue Ukraine aid

ROME:(Web News) It would be “absurd” for Italy not to continue or even increase its military and civilian aid to Ukraine, Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Friday at a meeting with European counterparts in Berlin.
Crosetto said he had signed off on sending a 12th package of support for Kyiv, adding Italy would help Ukraine’s energy supplies during the winter months by sending electrical generators.
“It would seem absurd to me not to continue to do so and indeed not to increase, with all the possibilities we have, our aid to a nation that is doing nothing but defending itself from an absurd and incomprehensible attack,” he said.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been a strong supporter of Ukraine, but some members of her right-wing coalition less so.
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said this month that Italy could not continue sending money and weapons “for another 50 years.”