Was the Russian missile that hit the Odessa port area where the Ukrainian leader was visiting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis really targeting Volodymyr Zelensky? Zelensky himself gives his version of the facts on what happened today: on the microphone of Bruno Vespa who interviewed him for the episodes of “Cinque Minuti” and “Porta a Porta” broadcast this evening. “We were on an official visit with the Greek Prime Minister and 300 meters away there was a missile, the sirens sounded only afterwards. I don't know who they wanted to hit, but it's amazing. The Greek Prime Minister was very surprised, but not me.” Because this missile a stone's throw from the procession with the head of a NATO country in any case confirms, notes Zelensky, that Vladimir Putin will stop at nothing. These Do elements of Western public opinion who wink at the Kremlin really not realize this? Zelensky provocatively asks the Italians via Vespa: “I would like to ask you: what if yesterday in Odessa, when of the ballistic missile attack, there had not been the Greek Prime Minister but the Italian Prime Minister? If Giorgia Meloni had been there, what would your people have said? This part of Italian society which does not support the 'Would Ukraine and supports Putin have remained indifferent? I don't think so.' Because, Zelensky is convinced, the problem is not “fatigue” with supporting Ukraine, but rather understanding Putin’s character. “I understand that in all societies, not only in Italy, there are people who do not support Ukraine: I believe that the problem is that they do not understand who Putin is, because today they do not support Ukraine means supporting Russia.”
Support from Italy and the risk of escalation
In the dialogue with Vespa, the Ukrainian leader makes things even clearer – after weeks of growing tensions between Russia and NATO itself: “What we are seeing are blows against civilians and terror against the Ukrainian population. Their messages tell us that their goal is not a few territories but the annexation of all of Ukraine: Putin wants to destroy Ukraine, annex it to Russia, he wants to deprive Ukraine of its independence. » And what happened yesterday demonstrates once again that nothing would prevent him from going further in his warmongering and expansionist projects if kyiv fell: “I am convinced that some simply stay very far from war. It's good that they are and it's good that the war didn't happen to you, and we don't want it, but try to understand that this person came to our land and he kills and wants do the same thing on others. territories, this will not stop.” That said, in the interview with Vespa, Zelensky nevertheless reiterates that the support he feels from Italy, from the government down, is strong and appreciated : “I thank Giorgia Meloni very much, we have a very strong relationship. From a human and economic point of view, our countries have excellent and very stable relations, there is concrete support from a humanitarian point of view and for our European future . I am very happy with our relations and I am grateful to the Italian people who are very supportive of Meloni and Ukraine.”
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