allegations PutinComparisons with Italy, appeal to help moreUkraine. All in less than 12 minutes. Then the applause of the classroom Montecitoriocrowded out for the occasion deputy and senators in a joint session. Loud, decisive applause dedicated to a passage from the premier dragonwhen he stressed that “Italy wants Ukraine to join the European Union”.
Zelensky’s speech Shortly before that, it was Selenskyj’s turn, who spoke via video conference from Kyiv after the short words of welcome from the Chamber and Senate Presidents Casellati and Fico. “Dear People Italian“Debuted the number one of Kyivwelcomed by Parliament with a kind To stand ovation. The government is in full force, including all party leaders, some jacket yellow in honor of Ukraine and the fuchsia ribbons of MPs against wartime rapes. However, there is no full house: in the chamber there are free benches, and the tribunes, except for the press, are rather empty.
“Mariupol as Genoa” Zelenskyi immediately spoke about his phone call with the Pope today: “I spoke to the Pope, I understand that you want peace and you want it defend yourselfeveryone defends their own homeland. Our People has becomearmy when he saw evil,” he said, recalling his speech a week ago Florence. “I asked them to remember the number 79: those were the children killed up to this day, now there are 117,” he announced, underscoring the thousands injured, the homes destroyed dead buried in the mass graves inside public parks. “The war goes on, the Russians don’t stop killing. Cities are destroyed, like Mariupol“. Then the comparison between the martyr city of the conflict and Genoa: “Half a million people lived in Mariupol, like Genoa, imagine a Genoa complete burned after three weeks of uninterrupted siege. Imagine your Genoa while thousands of people are there to give up“.
“Russians like the Nazis” To follow another comparison, that between Kyiv and Rome: “After all the tragedy it has endured, Kyiv must now live in peace, a continuous, everlasting peace such as Rome and every other city in our world must have. But in Kyiv you can hear sirens and bombs and rockets falling every day, said Zelenskyy. After the first real appeal to Parliament: “The Ukrainians were against you during the pandemicwe sent doctors and the Italians helped us with that flood. We really appreciate it he added but the invasion lasted 27 days, almost a month: we have to other sanctionsother pressures “. In Kyiv he continued: “They torture, rape, kidnap children, destroy and with truck They take away our goods. Last time in Europe it was made by Nazis. The Russian army also managed to undermine the sea near the our ports: This is also a danger for the neighboring countries.
“For the Russians, Ukraine is the gateway to Europe” According to Zelenskyy, “Putin’s goal is Europe, affect your life, take control of your politics and destroy your values. L’Ukraine it’s the gate for the Russian army, they want in Europe but barbarism must not enter. And again: “Italians, we must do everything that is possible to guarantee Peace. This is a war that has been created for decades a personthat he deserves Lot of money with oil and gas exports and now uses them for warfare. For this reason, too, the President called for an effort: “Russian officials and oligarchs use Italy as a vacation spot, you don’t have to welcome these people. They have to freeze properties and accounts, confiscate them yacht and freeze who’s assets Russia has decisionmaking authority. You must support the sanctions and embargo against Russian ships in your ports he continued you must not allow it under any circumstances exceptions to penalties for none Bank Russian. Only one needs to be stopped for millions to survive,” he added, referring to the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
“Thank you Italy” Then thanks to Italy: “I thank the Ukrainians more than for the help 70 thousand were forced to do so run away, more than 25 thousand children. the first Ukrainian child from a mother who fled the war caused by one person, dozens of children are in yours hospitals and we are grateful to you. From day one you shared them our pains, You helped the Ukrainians with your warmth and strength. Honor to Ukraine and thanks to Italy, added Zelensky, concluding his speech to the Italian Parliament.
Speech by Mario Draghi After speech It was the turn of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who followed the speech Zelensky on one tablet. The Italian Prime Minister used very clear words and asserted the policies chosen by his government. After underlining the “heroic resistance” of the Ukrainian people, Draghi said that Italy “has admired President Zelenskyy’s courage, determination and patriotism since the beginning of the war citizens Ukrainians. Your people he specified have become your army, the arrogance of the Russian government has collided with the dignity of the Ukrainian people, who are holding back Moscow’s expansionist goals and imposing very heavy costs on the invading army. Today Ukraine is defending not only itself in Draghi’s opinion but also our peace, freedom and security”.
“We do not turn away” “Given the rudeness we do not turn away‘ the Prime Minister urged, recalling the enormous solidarity of the People Italian against the Ukrainian and the government’s “political” moves, such as Freeze Assets “for over 800 million euros to the Russian oligarchs” close to Putin.
“We want Ukraine in Europe” Speaking of European politics, but Mario dragon He said he wanted to “draw a path towards greater rapprochement between Ukraine and Europe: it is a long process he underlined consisting of necessary reforms. Italy is on Ukraine’s side in this process. Italy wants Ukraine to join the European Union. In practice, Draghi then declared that he “had allocated new means For Ukrainian reception we want to help refugees not only to have a home but also to have a job and an advertisement integrate” in our country. Because “Before Russia, which wanted us divided, we were united as the EU and alliance Atlantic“, he added.
“Military help for the resistance too” As for the autonomy of Russia, the Italian Prime Minister declared that he was committed “to the diversification of energy supply sources” in order to overcome “our dependence on Russia in very fast matters”. Then a drive important to send weapons to Kyiv: “We have to offer hospitality to those who are fleeing the war, in the face of the massacres we have to respond with help, including military help resistance‘ Said Draghi, who then refocused on a very specific point: unity. “We must counter Putin’s growing isolation with the unity of the international community,” he said. “Ukraine has the right to security, freedom and democracy. Italy, the government and the houses of Parliamentall citizens are with you”.
“Sanctions for cessation of hostilities” “The sanctions that we, together with our European partners and the G7, have set ourselves the goal of government Russian to cease hostilities and to sit down at the negotiating table seriously, above all sincerely,” Draghi added, recalling: “So far, these sanctions have hit the economy and the economy hard financial markets from Russia and private assets of the people closest to President Putin.