Silvio Berlusconi attacks Volodymyr Zelensky. As soon as he left the polling station, the president of Forza Italia let himself be carried away by a negative judgment about the role of the president of Ukraine. “Talk to Zelensky? If I were Prime Minister I would never have gone because we are witnessing the devastation of your country and the slaughter of your soldiers and civilians. All he had to do was stop attacking the two autonomous republics of Donbass and that would not have happened, so I judge this gentleman’s behavior very, very negatively». Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi does not mince words as he speaks to reporters at the exit of the polling station, after having voted in Milan for the Regionals. A few days after the meeting between Prime Minister Meloni and Ukrainian President Zelensky in Brussels, the Knight strikes. And he suggests: in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict «to achieve peace I would think that the American president should take Zelensky and tell him that he is at his disposal after the end of the war with a Marshall plan to rebuild Ukraine. A Marshall Plan of 6 to 9 trillion dollars, with one condition: that you (Zelensky, ed) order a ceasefire tomorrow, also because starting tomorrow we will not give you more dollars and we will not give you any more weapons. Only such a thing could convince this gentleman to reach a ceasefire.
Palazzo Chigi then reiterated the line repeatedly emphasized by Prime Minister Meloni. “The Italian Government’s support for Ukraine is firm and convinced, as clearly foreseen in the program and confirmed in all the parliamentary votes of the majority that support the Executive”, underline sources close to the Government. Finally, a note from Forza Italia specifies: “President Berlusconi’s support for Ukraine has never been in doubt. It only expressed its concern to avoid the continuation of a massacre and a consequent serious escalation of the war without ever failing Forza Italia’s adherence to the majority government, to the position of NATO, to that of Europe and the United States”. President Berlusconi never nominated Putin, with whom he repeatedly emphasized that he was disappointed, he just explained that no one is exempt from responsibility. Marshall on behalf of Ukraine and its people”.
Source: IL Tempo
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