Italian political leaders including Sergio Mattarella and Giorgia Meloni also welcome Ukrainian president
in terms of military, financial, humanitarian and reconstruction aid in the short and long term.
She emphasised Italy’s support for Ukraine’s membership of the European Union and the “intensification” of a partnership with Nato. “Its deployment to such a demanding and operationally important sector highlights Russia’s severe shortage of credible combat units.” Military analysts have suggested Ukraine’s localised offensive in Bakhmut may indicate it is trying to pin down Russian forces in the city. But Ukrainian officials on Friday played down these reports.thinktank in Kyiv said recent gains in Bakhmut were not an attempt to encircle Wagner group mercenaries, who occupy most of its central buildings.
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