Overview

• Palazzo Chigi and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani reaffirmed that no Italian forces will deploy to Ukraine until a formal cessation of hostilities.
• Tajani said no decision has been made on sending deminers and stated that nothing will proceed before the war ends.
• Italy signaled readiness to provide radar and satellite assets and to consider monitoring and training outside Ukraine once fighting stops.
• New financial sanctions on Russia will be discussed at the informal EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen, with Italy backing measures aimed at Russian funding channels.
• Ukrainian authorities reported one of the war’s heaviest strikes on Kyiv, with at least 19 dead including four children, power cut for more than 60,000, severe damage to the EU delegation building, and 629 drones and missiles including Kinzhal reported.