What happened between Draghi and Zelensky?

On the Ukrainian crisis between the dramatic phases of the war, the alternation of declarations between Ukrainian diplomacy, the president of the nation Volodymyr Zelensky and the Italian premier Mario Draghi was interwoven this morning. Below is the chronological summary.

Ore 10.44: the Ukrainian ambassador to Rome: Italy takes a stand on swift

Message from Ambassador Yaroslav Melnyk, while discussing how to counter the Russian invasion of Ukraine; “Italy is one of the few EU countries that has not yet publicly expressed its position on the issue of Russia’s immediate disconnection from the Swift network. The lack of support from our partners for such restrictive measures could lead to further victims among the Ukrainian military and civilians “.

Ore 10.49: Draghi, “Zelensky wants to resist, he wanted to talk to me at 9.30 but he couldn’t”

“President Zelensky also took part in the European Council yesterday, it was a very dramatic moment, he is hidden somewhere in Kiev and said that he and Ukraine have no time left and that he and his family are there. “I objected. It was a really dramatic moment. Today, this morning, he looked for me, we made a telephone appointment for 9.30 but it was not then possible to make the call because President Zelensky was no longer available”. This was declared by the Italian Prime Minister in the Chamber during his briefing.

Ore 11.07: Draghi, “Russian sanctions in line with eu countries”

“Italy is perfectly in line with the other countries of the European Union, first of all France and Germany. The measures were coordinated together with our G7 partners, with whom we fully share strategy and objectives”.

Ore 11.54: Long term informational room classroom applause dragons

A long applause from the House of Parliament underlined the end of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s urgent report on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Ore 12:59: Zelensky, war cannot wait for Draghi

“Today at 10:30 at the entrances of Chernihiv, Hostomel and Melitopol there was heavy heavy fighting. People are dead. Next time I will move the calendar of the war to speak with Mario Draghi at a specific time”. This is the comment of the Ukrainian president after Draghi’s words.

“Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to fight for its people,” concluded his tweet.

Ore 13.12: Zelensky to European citizens: “come and fight”

The Ukrainian president: “If you have combat experience in Europe and don’t want to see the indecision of politicians, you can come to our country and join us in defending Europe, where it is most needed now.”

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