Defense Minister Guido Crosetto recently stated in an interview with La Repubblica that "there is resistance to change in Italy, and there are those who look ahead and understand that innovation occurs at a frightening speed. The military has been formulating plans for decades; nonetheless, any weapon produced today risks becoming obsolete within six months". Regarding Ukraine, "we reaffirm our assistance, but in order to send new shipments, we need new weapons and equipment. At the beginning, Ukraine asked us to send whatever we had. Nowadays, things have changed. The requirements have become much more specific: we're talking about highly sophisticated aid that includes air defense and other advanced and rare systems. Demand is a hundred times greater than supply. It's not easy to help them, even though the willingness is there".
Despite these challenges, Crosetto reaffirmed Italy's commitment to supporting Kyiv. "Despite this, I am working to fulfill the mandate I received from Parliament and am attempting to gather all of the resources needed to assist Ukraine. I hope to finish this work soon. This is also because we are in a tough situation: Putin is in a difficult position, and there is danger that he will intensify the confrontation. And this requires us to assist Ukraine even more".