“Our government took one side... By sending weapons, they plunged us into conflict... We are categorically against the position taken by Italy and the rest of the EU countries on the Ukrainian issue,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio had previously allowed the cessation of arms supplies to Kyiv due to the political crisis in Italy itself.
Before that, it became known that Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his decision to resign.
Meanwhile, Italian President Sergio Mattarella did not accept the resignation of the Italian prime minister.