Overview
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 7 and confirmed emergency energy assistance.
- Italy will dispatch power generators from Italian companies in the coming weeks to support the energy system and civilians.
- Meloni reaffirmed support for ongoing negotiation efforts and for U.S. initiatives toward a just and lasting peace.
- Ukraine reiterated its readiness to negotiate, with hopes voiced that Russia will demonstrate similar openness.
- The pledge follows December 6 missile and drone strikes that damaged electricity facilities in eight regions and comes ahead of a December 8 London meeting with Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron to align a joint negotiating position.