Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government postponed the decision on extending military aid to Ukraine due to internal coalition divisions, despite having supplied twelve aid packages before.Matteo Salvini of the Lega party remains skeptical about further support and advocates renewed dialogue and trade with Russia, while Defense Minister Guido Crosetto announced a €4.4 billion defense upgrade including advanced military systems.Economy Minister
Antonio Tajani clarified that foreign policy decisions belong to Meloni and the Foreign Minister, and Senator
Claudio Borghi raised concerns about frozen Russian assets linked to
Ukraine aid funding.