Overview
- Government sources say the package will be dispatched by December with munitions, missiles and other equipment under secrecy rules.
- The Defence Ministry denied sending a third Samp‑T battery, while supplies are expected to include missiles compatible with the two systems already delivered and large quantities of anti‑air munitions.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed firm support for Ukraine in talks with Volodymyr Zelensky and at the Volenterosi meeting in London.
- Italy approved the EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia as a decision on using frozen Russian assets was deferred to December with Viktor Orbán opposed.
- The government is considering a national safeguard to expand defense spending and has signaled informal willingness to join NATO’s PURL mechanism to buy US weapons.