“Sanctions are essential to weaken the aggressor but fail to stop the troops in the short term. To do this, we have to help the Ukrainians directly”

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Ukraine needs military equipment and weapons to be sent.

“What is the best way to help the attacked people? Sanctions are essential to weaken the aggressor, but fail to stop the troops in the short term. To do this, we need to help the Ukrainians directly, and that is what we are doing”, Draghi told in an interview with Il Corriere della Sera.

He also aired his frustration with Putin, saying that attempts to engage with the Russian leader are starting to feel like a “waste of time”.
“So far, Putin’s goal has not been the search for peace, but the attempt to annihilate the Ukrainian resistance, occupy the country and entrust it to a friendly government,” Draghi said.

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