Overview
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned Maria Zakharova’s Telegram post as disturbing and unacceptable after she linked the collapse to Italy’s military aid to Ukraine.
- Italy summoned Russia’s deputy ambassador to register the protest over what it called vulgar remarks by the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman.
- A Romanian worker, identified as Octav Stroici, was pulled from the rubble near the Colosseum and later died in hospital.
- The Russian Embassy in Rome issued condolences for the worker and complained about what it called an aggressive anti-Russian campaign in Italian media.
- Italy has supported Ukraine with equipment, training, and humanitarian aid since 2022, even as polls show unease among Italians about supplying weapons.