Much applause, the final standing ovation and some absences from the Montecitorio courtroom for the intervention via video link Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A 15minute speech to revisit those days of war experienced by the Ukrainian people, victims of Vladimir Putin’s bombs, and to thank the support of the Italian government. No “muscular” statements like in the last few days in Germany or Israel, no reproaches or daring comparisons. “Historically, those who were absent have not lost anything,” according to the analysis Tony Capuozzo.
In a lengthy post on Facebook, the war reporter echoed the words of the Ukrainian president, speaking of a speech “by someone sometimes proud but more often painful, told from below about the war, with its horrors, those that are inevitable and those that no one does to avoid them”. No call for weapons or nofly zones, Capuozzo noted: “We wondered what the Italian “cut would be for a speaker who has accustomed us to speaking in different ways To tailor target groups. Good: Selenskyj limited himself to the naming Genoa and Rome“somewhat strange quotes” for the journalist.
Zelenskyj actually compared the Ligurian capital with it Mariupol, a city overlooking the sea, in the last few days of the Russians’ sights. However, Capuozzo recalled that the destruction of Genoa in 1942 was caused by the Allies. While Kyiv and the Italian capital have little in common, almost nothing. “It seemed to me that the tone of the speech, the emphasis on humanitarian aid and welcome, accounted for the ‘Italian’ flavor. And that there was caution not to blame all of Russia, and therefore a people (very dear to Italians for history, music, literature, cinema and even for how civilians treated our Alpine troops sent to invade) but a man, a single man, nameless, of aggression, “Capuozzo’s estimate.
The war correspondent then analyzed the intervention of Mario Draghi, arrived immediately after Zelenskyj’s statements: “It was clear that wars were not his topic,” according to Capuozzo. But that’s not all. In his opinion, the former President of the European Central Bank risked stealing the scene from the besieged President: “He only came back to himself when he said that Ukraine must enter Europe, but for a long time, observing the procedure, this did not should skip line “.