Italy will provide Ukraine with air defense systems and mortars

Italy intends to provide Ukraine with a near radius, mortars and artillery shells, said the head of the country’s Ministry of Defense Lorenzo Guerini.

On Thursday, he made an information message at a joint meeting of the Commissions on the Defense of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, which was dedicated to the war in Ukraine. According to him, the Italian authorities developed two interdepartmental decree signed by the Minister of Defense, the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, “which determined the type and number of military systems and means to support and strengthen the defensive efforts of Ukraine.”

“Italian assistance, whose technical details are classified, provides for anti -tank weapons, a near -radius air defense system, mortars, artillery shells, communication devices and personal protective equipment and survival sets,” quotes the words of the Minister of RIA Novosti.