Italy to supply ‘finest European air protection system’ to Ukraine

Italy to provide anti-aircraft system to Ukraine. In response to European reporter Geert Jan Hahn, it issues SAMP/T, a French-Italian anti-aircraft system much like Patriot programs. “That is the most effective European anti-aircraft system and it’s nonetheless in Kuwait, however it is going to return quickly after which on to Ukraine. That is above all an necessary symbolic step.’

To date, Germany has been the one nation to answer the decision from Mark Rutte and NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg to ship extra air defenses to Ukraine. “However now an actual anti-aircraft system is coming to Ukraine. It is not sufficient, but it surely’s crucial,” says Hahn.

On the similar time, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is within the Philippines. There he’s making an attempt to get assist from South Asian international locations for a peace convention that might be held in Switzerland in the long run. “A few hundred international locations have already agreed to ship somebody to that convention, and that convention relies on Zelensky’s 100 level plan,” says international correspondent Bernard Hammelburg.

The plan states, amongst different issues, that Russian President Vladimir Putin should seem in courtroom and that each one occupied territories have to be returned. “He is probably not inviting the Russian aspect, however they don’t seem to be welcome both. That is one thing that makes me surprise if it could be smart to a minimum of ship an invite,” says Hammelburg.

China as responsible

Nonetheless, in response to the international correspondent, Zelensky nonetheless has not obtained the Asian international locations on his aspect. The president of Ukraine himself factors to this China as responsible, however Hammelburg sees it in another way. “Most South Asian international locations don’t need to participate on this battle, that has been true from the start.”

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The USA has already introduced that it’ll ship Vice President Kamala Harris to the peace convention. In response to Hammelburg, this isn’t insignificant symbolically. “Harris is a part of the manager department, so placing her in is not any small process. Nevertheless it’s not a superb plan to ship Biden to a convention like that both, as a result of prematurely that the convention won’t carry an answer anyway.’

Hahn agrees: ‘Zelensky at all times makes essentially the most effort and he at all times will get just a little indignant when he does not get what he needs proper. He hopes then that different international locations will nonetheless take part, however I do not assume that can occur now. Greater than 100 international locations are represented on the Swiss peace summit. However 100 ambassadors are one thing completely different from 100 heads of presidency.’