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The leader of the Brothers of Italy (FdI), Giorgia Meloni, winner of the Italian legislative elections on Sunday, assured Ukraine that it will be able to count on the full support of the country’s new government.
“You can count on our loyal support for the cause of the freedom of the Ukrainian people. Stay strong and keep the faith!” Meloni wrote on the social network. twitterin a message addressed to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
Dear @ZelenskyyUa, they know that they can count on our loyal support for the cause of the freedom of the Ukrainian people. Stay strong and keep your faith strong! ???????????????
— Giorgia Meloni ??????? ن (@GiorgiaMeloni) September 27, 2022
Meloni’s message came in response to an earlier message from Zelensky, in which the Ukrainian head of state congratulated the candidate and the FdI on their electoral victory.
“We appreciate Italy’s continued support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. We have a fruitful collaboration with the new Italian governmentZelensky wrote on Twitter, in two messages, in Ukrainian and Italian.
Until now Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has publicly demonstrated, since the beginning of the war, the country’s support for Ukraine. Also Meloni had already condemned the Russian invasion.
The same is not true of the coalition partners FdI, Liga and Força Italia..
League leader Matteo Salvini has over the years shown admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Already after the invasion, Salvini questioned the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed against Russia.
In 2019, the Milan Public Ministry opened an investigation involving Gianluca Savoini, former spokesman for Matteo Salvini, who allegedly negotiated in a Moscow hotel to obtain funds through the sale of oil.
According to the accusation, the funds were intended for the League, but Salvini assured that the former spokesman was not speaking on behalf of the party, and was doing business on his own.
On September 22, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi argued that Putin, with whom he is close, was pushed into the war in Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists in Donbass, the Russian media and the Russian people.
Source: Observadora
