The Italian government has approved a decree extending the supply of aid, including weapons, to Ukraine through 2023.
Dubbed the “NATO Decree” (North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Western defense bloc), the diploma approved Thursday night, Italy’s sixth aid to Kiev, should be passed by the end of this year or early next year, several officials said. sources to today.
It is expected to contain Aspide surface-to-air missile defense systems (Asp) to deter Russian missile bombing of Ukraine.
The Aspide system should be preferred over the more advanced Samp/T system, which is rarer and more difficult to obtain.indicated the sources.
But the exact nature of the military aid, as with previous shipments, will be under national security law and passed only to secret services, the same sources said.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already led to the flight of more than 13 million people — more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million to European countries — according to the latest data of the UN, which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russian security – was condemned by the international community at large, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and Russia political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the start of the war, which today entered its 282nd day, 6,655 civilian deaths and 10,368 wounded, underlining that these numbers are well below the real figures.
Source: DN
