The Meloni government reiterates: no Italian soldier in Ukraine up to the cessation of the conflict, only smiling and training missions outside the borders
No Italian soldier will set foot in Ukraine until the cessation of hostilities is reached. This was reiterated by Palazzo Chigi at the end of the government meeting convened by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the talks to the White House. Any participation in international missions will be limited to tasks of monitoring, training and diminishing, but Alone in the post-war phase and outside the Ukrainian territory.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed the line: “We will not send military on the field, our commitment will be of a civil and humanitarian nature when peace is achieved”.
Russian raids on Kiev, 19 deaths including 4 children
The Italian position comes while Ukraine is under one of the heaviest bombings since the beginning of the war. In the night, Russian drones and missiles hit Kiev and other cities hard, killing at least 19 people, including 4 children. Over 60,000 residents remained without electricity and the headquarters of the EU delegation in the capital was seriously damaged.
According to Kiev, the attack involved 629 drones and missilesincluding Kinzhal hypersonic carriers. Moscow claims to have affected military goals and war industries; For the West it was a resolved attack on civil infrastructure.
Meloni: “You can see who wants peace and who does not”
In one message on X, Premier Meloni defined the attack “the demonstration of those who are on the side of peace and those who do not intend to believe it”. Condish also came from the French President Emmanuel Macron, the British Premier Keir Starmer and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who asked Putin to “sit at the table” for a “right and lasting” peace.
The intense attacks of this night on Kiev demonstrate who is on the side of peace and those who have no intention of believing in the negotiating path.
Our thoughts go to the Ukrainian people, to civilians, to the family of helpless victims, including children, senseless attacks …
– Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) August 28, 2025
International pressures and new penalties
Tajani announced that Copenhagen will discuss the informal council of Copenhagen New financial penalties against Moscow. “Russia affects civilians, not military objectives: it is unacceptable,” said the owner of the Farnesina. From Washington, Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, warned that similar attacks “threaten peace plans” of the US administration.
A conflict still far from the end
The Kremlin reiterated that he was “interested in negotiations” but without interrupting military operations. Kiev denounces that “Russia prefers the ballistics to the interviews”, while NATO, through the mouth of the secretary general Mark Rutte, warns: “We cannot be naive: we must give Ukraine everything he needs”.
