It is noted that the heads of the defense departments of Italy and France, Guido Crosetto and Sebastien Lecornu, discussed on January 27 the supply of air defense systems to the Ukrainian authorities.

According to the publication, the cost of one SAMP-T SAM battery is about €800 million.

Earlier, the La Repubblica newspaper reported that the United States was putting pressure on Italy, trying to force Rome to supply Kyiv with SAMP-T air defense systems.