There is no possibility that Italian soldiers will intervene directly in the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, reiterated this: «Our position does not change: we have always said that Ukraine needed to be helped in every possible way, and we are doing so, but we have also always excluded direct intervention in the conflict by our military », he tells Corriere della Sera.
And as regards the hypothesis that Italy could participate in a possible armed intervention: «Absolutely not! No one can doubt this today." «Because unlike others – he continues -, we have in our system an explicit prohibition on direct military interventions, outside of what is provided for by the laws and the Constitution. We can only envisage armed interventions upon international mandate, for example in implementation of a UN resolution." For Crosetto, «what was hypothesized in Ukraine would not only not be included in this case, but would trigger a further spiraling of the conflict which would not be of benefit above all to the Ukrainians themselves. In short, the conditions for our direct involvement do not exist." And regarding the words of French President Macron : "I don't judge a president of a friendly country like France, but I don't understand the purpose and usefulness of these declarations, which objectively raise tension."
(Unioneonline/ss)
