Kiev melons. At 2 a.m., at exactly 1:57 a.m., the train carrying the Italian delegation to Kiev crosses the border and enters Ukrainian territory. Late…
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2:41 p.m
Hypothesis of increasing Italian ammunition for Kiev
The increase in ammunition production with a view to extending the new three-year techno-industrial defense plan, expected from 2024, will be studied by the competent authorities in the coming months. It is the hypothesis that, according to the findings of majority circles, is also being tested on the need for supplies expressed by Kiev. In recent times, as far as we know, there has already been an increase with a very tight production associated with the efficiency of the lines and the expansion of some departments, due to an increase in industrial activities in support of defense and investment facts.
2:29 p.m
Kyiv: “Grateful to Meloni for his commitment to continue supporting Ukraine”
Kyiv “thanks President Meloni for her leadership and commitment to continued support to Ukraine.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Ansa, commenting on the prime minister’s visit to Kiev. “We count on Italy’s continued full support to win peace for Ukraine, restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and hold Russia accountable for its crimes,” he added. “We also look to Rome’s continued role in strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities to protect our people from Russia’s brutal war.”
1:36 p.m
Meloni: «I hope to transfer what I saw to the Italians»
«I hope to be able to transfer what I saw to the Italians. The importance of our work, friendship, gratitude: this is also important to lend a hand with ever greater commitment». Here’s how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks to local authorities amid the rubble of Irvin. The prime minister also left a dedication on a Ukrainian flag: “By your side!” he wrote with a black felt-tip pen.
1:32 p.m
Meloni: “Only Putin’s propaganda, the facts are different”
“What we heard this morning was propaganda that we already know, the facts are different.” This is how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni commented on the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Irpin.
1:28 p.m
tools and generators
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits Bucha Irpin, which suffered heavy bombing in the early stages of the war. In Irpin, which was also stationed last year during Mario Draghi’s visit to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Prime Minister will deliver to local authorities two generators to support critical infrastructure, part of a batch of 52 such as: over 660,000 euros were donated to Ukraine by the Italian government. In addition to two of the 45 fire engines donated by the Italians, Italian associations will also be active in Kiev at the symbolic ceremony.
1:27 p.m
Melons in Irpin
During her visit to Irpin, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signed the city’s flag, leaving her signature alongside that of other leaders who have visited this area of Ukraine, which has been particularly hard hit by Russian aggression in recent months. Meloni handed over to local authorities two generators to support critical infrastructure, as well as two of the 45 fire engines donated by the Italians, saying “we are continuing to work on it”.
1:05 p.m
Meloni addressed Irpin
“We will fight for you and your freedom.” Giorgia Meloni, at the end of the visit to the sites of the Bucha massacres, said the Council’s gift to the local Ukrainian authorities. Now Meloni is on his way to Irpin.
1:02 p.m
Meloni touched by Bucha: “You are not alone”
During her visit to Bucha, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni listened, at times emotionally, as various Ukrainian authorities shared stories about the tragedies caused in those places by Russian aggression. After even looking at a small photo exhibition with images of the horrors, the Prime Minister asked the interpreter to translate a message for her interlocutors: “You are not alone”.
12:45 p.m
Meloni in Bucha lays flowers in homage to the victims
In Bucha, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni laid red flowers to pay homage to the victims in the mass graves. In front of this symbolic place, the Prime Minister closed in memory and crossed himself.
12:37 p.m
The Prime Minister has arrived in Bucha
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has just arrived in Bucha, one of Ukraine’s martyr cities, on the outskirts of Kiev. The Prime Minister will stop at the Orthodox Church of Sant’Andrea and lay a wreath for the victims of the mass graves. When the massacre, mass graves and other atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha were discovered in April 2022, emotions and outrage against Ukraine shook the whole world. Moscow has always denied responsibility for these crimes, calling it a “media trap” by the West. Bucha has become one of the symbolic places of the Ukraine conflict.
11:37
Melonis program in Kyiv
«Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in the Ukrainian capital as promised ahead of the anniversary of the conflict, which will fall on Friday. The day after the visit of the Ukrainian President Biden Meloni Zelenskyy is received in the presidential palace. Before the meeting, the Prime Minister will be escorted to the suburbs of Kiev, Irpin and Bucha, which were the first battlefield against the Russian invasion”. The video by Francesco Malfetano, messenger of the messenger in Kiev.
11:18
Melons were greeted with a bouquet of flowers
Meloni was greeted with a bouquet of roses by the Ukrainian government delegation, a representative of the Italian Embassy and the Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy, Yaroslav Melnyk.
10:59
Meloni: «Determined to understand what these people need»
“I’m curious, determined to understand what these people need.” This is how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, stepping off the train that took her to Kiev, answered those who asked her if she was excited.
10:59
Meloni: “In Kiev to confirm the government’s position”
“I think it’s right to be here, to affirm the position of the Italian government and perhaps also to personally recognize what a people fighting for freedom needs.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said as she got off the train with the when she arrived in Kiev: “It’s always different to see it with your own eyes, I think it also helps the Italians to understand it.”
10:56
Meloni: “I’m honored, I have to be here”
The Prime Minister was greeted with a bouquet of flowers with a smile before exiting the train station and boarding the car for the hotel. “I’m honored I have to be here.” This is how Giorgia Meloni got off the train that brought her to Kiev.
10:40 a.m
Ambassador of Ukraine in Italy: “Visit Meloni is a strong signal”
“The visit of the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Giorgia Meloni to Kiev on the eve of the anniversary of the large-scale invasion of Russia on Ukrainian soil is undoubtedly a strong signal of Italy’s support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in this difficult period for our country” Yaroslav Melnyk, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Italy, told Adnkronos: “We are sincerely grateful to Italy for its clear and unwavering position on Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity,” he adds, “which has been repeatedly endorsed by our Italian friends in the international political arena was expressed”.
10:35
Meloni arrived in Kyiv
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has just arrived in Kiev for her first visit to Ukraine, a few days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion. The PM will visit Bucha and Irpin, the Kiev suburbs where the Russians have killed hundreds of civilians, and in the afternoon she will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
09:01
Travel in 4 berth Intercity
The crew on board is friendly, almost grateful: water is distributed for everyone, clean sheets and blankets are laid out 4-berth intercity style. Compared to the trip last June, when then Prime Minister Mario Draghi, but also Federal Chancellor Olaf Sholtz and French President Emmanuel Macron were on the train to Kiev, the deployment of security forces appears to be significantly lower. It will not be the case when the train arrives at its destination just a few days after the first anniversary of the conflict, while there are fears of a new offensive, an escalation of attacks until the “celebrè” of the day when a new hell started these countries.
08:24
The stage in Lviv at two in the morning
Giorgia Meoni travels to Kiev for her first visit to Ukraine. At night, around two o’clock, stopping for controls in Lviv, having crossed the border with Poland on a blue train, a special convoy drove from Przemysl station towards the Ukrainian capital. The Prime Minister with the Italian delegation (with her, among others, the Undersecretary of State in the Presidency Giovanbattista Fazzolari) arrived in Warsaw yesterday afternoon, where she met Prime Minister Morawietcky and President Duda and then left for Kiev. In the morning he was supposed to visit some of the most symbolic places of the Ukrainian resistance, in the afternoon the meeting with Zelenskyy in the capital.
Kiev melons. At 2 a.m., at exactly 1:57 a.m., the train carrying the Italian delegation to Kiev crosses the border and enters Ukrainian territory. Delayed on the roadmap due to the arrival of American President Joe Biden, who consistently slows Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s movements due to tight security measures. Upon arriving in Warsaw yesterday afternoon, the Italian Prime Minister met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and then President Andrzej Duda.
So the arrival at Rzeszou airport, with the obligatory stopover of about an hour waiting for the take-off of Air Force One with the occupant of the White House. The two planes were “parked” about a kilometer apart for a long time, but there was no opportunity for the two presidents to meet. Biden’s armored agenda allowed no changes to plans in the race, but a phone call between the two shored up or reiterated support for Ukraine. Where today Meloni is due to arrive late morning, a delay could change the prime minister’s agenda, who, alongside the obligatory stop in Kiev by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should visit Bucha and Irpin to see the face of the war up close.
Late at night, the blue train bound for Ukraine awaits the Italian delegation at the Przemysl railway station. Passport control proceeds quickly, the reporters board carriage 4, Meloni at the head with the government delegation, which includes the secretary of state for the presidency, Giovanbattista Fazzolari, a close ally of the prime minister. A cold wind is blowing outside, the Caribbean heat in the wagons. The crew on board is friendly, almost grateful: water is distributed for everyone, clean sheets and blankets are laid out in the 4 bunks – intercity style. Compared to the trip last June, when then Prime Minister Mario Draghi, but also Federal Chancellor Olaf Sholtz and French President Emmanuel Macron were on the train to Kiev, the deployment of security forces appears to be significantly lower. It will not be the case when the train arrives at its destination just a few days after the first anniversary of the conflict, while there are fears of a new offensive, an escalation of attacks until the “celebrè” of the day when a new hell started these countries.
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