Loading military aid for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base. File photoROME, May 17.The leadership of the socio-political 5 Star Movement (D5Z), which is part of the Italian government coalition, spoke out against new arms supplies to Ukraine and demanded a parliamentary debate on this issue. «We confirm our assessments: at the moment, Italy should no longer supply weapons … Already there were arms deliveries, as you know, there were three of them. We believe that now a new stage has begun. Now it is necessary that Italy, together with other European countries, first of all, push by all possible diplomatic means towards a negotiated solution,» he said on Tuesday reporters at the end of the meeting of the D5Z National Council, its leader, former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.Expert: arms supplies to Kyiv could lead to NATO's involvement in the crisis»We must definitely end this war. If we, together with other European countries, do not make a turn, then we risk a conflict that here in Europe will last who knows how long. Our «Italian, European citizens and not only cannot allow this crisis to also affect the countries of Africa and Latin America, like the crisis of cereals. This would lead to a really severe, very serious recession, would further exacerbate economic and social conditions,» — leads In this regard, Conte called for a debate on this issue in the Italian parliament in order to develop a common position between legislators and the government to pursue a political line at the international level. At the end of April, the ex-premier categorically spoke out against the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine. Explaining D5Z's position on this issue, the politician noted that his supporters do not fundamentally renounce their earlier commitments to send weapons to Ukraine, but they oppose «military assistance that does not correspond to defensive logic» and can serve to launch a counteroffensive. and the leadership of the Liga party, which is also part of the ruling coalition and voted in March to send weapons to Ukraine. Liga leader Matteo Salvini held a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Monday, after which he told reporters that «further deliveries would not be the right decision.» At the same time, the politician stressed that «dialogue is not prepared by sending weapons.» According to a number of media reports, the leader of another ruling party, Forward, Italy, ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday also expressed doubts about the need to supply heavy weapons to Kiev. In March, the Italian parliament approved a government bill that provides for the provision of various assistance to Ukraine, including the supply of weapons. In order to approve the so-called “Ukraine Decree” in the Senate, the Draghi government had to link the adoption of this document, which caused mixed assessments by the public and a number of parliamentarians, with a vote of confidence in the Cabinet of Ministers. Local observers note that there are more and more disagreements in the ruling coalition on issues related to Ukrainian crisis. In particular, on Monday, the parliament failed three times to vote on the government's «Ukraine-bis decree» due to the lack of the required number of deputies in the meeting room. As a result, on Tuesday, the Minister for Relations with the Parliament, Federico D'Inca, raised in the Chamber of Deputies the question of confidence in the government, linking it to the approval of this document, which contains urgent measures to counter the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine.
The head of the Austrian Ministry of Defense spoke about the supply of weapons to Ukraine
