Italy Slams Brakes on NATO Program to Buy US Weapons for Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier cleans the breech of a self-propelled gun near the eastern front line of Ukraine.
Photographer: Florent Vergnes/AFP/Getty ImagesItaly’s foreign minister said it would be “premature” for his country to participate in a NATO program to buy US weapons for Ukraine in light of ongoing peace negotiations.
“If we reach an agreement and fighting ceases, weapons won’t be needed anymore,” Antonio Tajani, who’s also a deputy prime minister, told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday. “Other things such as security guarantees will be needed.”