Giorgia Meloni in Kiev for her first visit to Ukraine .

In the night, around two o'clock, a stop for checks in Lviv , after having crossed a special convoy on a blue train that departed from Przemysl station, the border with Poland, headed for the Ukrainian capital. The premier with the Italian delegation (with her, among others, the undersecretary to the presidency Giovanbattista Fazzolari) had arrived in Warsaw yesterday afternoon where she met with prime minister Morawietcky and president Duda and then headed to Kiev. In the morning visit to Bucha , with a tribute to the victims of the massacre . The premier then visited the Orthodox church of Sant'Andrea and laid a wreath for the victims in the mass graves.

In the afternoon the meeting with Zelensky in the capital . “Someone has underestimated the heroic reaction of a people willing to do whatever needs to be done to defend their freedom, sovereignty and identity. This reminds me of the birth of the Italian state : there was a time when it was said that Italy was only a geographical expression. But with the Risorgimento it proved to be a nation. Someone said it was easy to fold Ukraine because it was not a nation. But with your ability to fight you have shown that you are”, the words of the premier in a conference with the Ukrainian head of state.

«Several leaders - Zelensky said instead - have the right to think, the real problem is the approach of the Italian company which has given that leader a mandate. I believe that Berlusconi's house has never been bombed , tanks have never arrived in his garden, no one has killed his relatives, he has never had to pack his suitcase at 3 in the morning to escape and all this thanks to the brotherly love of Russia". Reference to the words of the leader of Forza Italia in recent days, which have triggered controversy.

«I wish peace to all Italian families – continued Zelensky – even to those who do not support us, but ours is a great tragedy that must be understood. I want them to come here and see for themselves the trail of blood they left."

Yesterday Biden's surprise visit to Kiev , where the American president embraced Zelensky . “Putin thought he could get the better of us but he was wrong,” recalled Biden, who will be in Warsaw today , announcing new sanctions against Russia and new weapons for Ukraine.

The US president then spoke to Meloni , with whom he almost crossed paths, and said he was impatient to welcome her to Washington .

(Unioneonline/vl)

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