Overview
- Italy’s Chamber approved the majority resolution with 186 votes in favor, and both chambers endorsed continued backing for Kyiv in coordination with allies to protect civilians and critical infrastructure.
- The operative text underscores strengthening civilian aid, while the explicit term “military” appears only in the preamble rather than in the commitments.
- Coalition strains were visible as two Lega deputies, Rossano Sasso and Edoardo Ziello, voted against in the Chamber and Senator Claudio Borghi did not participate in the Senate vote.
- Opposition parties split on their own texts, with parts of the Democratic Party abstaining, the Five Star Movement and Green-Left pushing to stop military supplies and seeing their resolutions rejected, and portions of Più Europa, Italia Viva and Azione accepted after rewording.
- Defence Minister Guido Crosetto argued that halting aid would mean abandoning a just peace and cited heavy civilian harm in Ukraine, while the broader backdrop included Putin’s criticism of Europe and France’s advance team deploying to Greenland.