Speaking to journalists in Brussels yesterday prior to the EU informal meeting of foreign ministers, Italy’s Antonio Tajani reiterated his government’s position on the Kursk invasion: “Each country is free to decide how it is right to use the weapons sent to Ukraine. We have sent mainly defensive weapons: now we are going to send the new [air defense] Samp-T battery which is defensive and cannot be used on Russian territory. We reiterate that we are not at war with Russia, NATO is not at war with Russia, so for Italy the position remains to use our weapons inside Ukrainian territory.”
Tajani’s statement comes after the outgoing EU High Representative Josep Borrell had called on member states to lift restrictions for the use of their weapons on Russian territory. Tajani responded bluntly: “Borrell speaks for himself.”
