“I have never had any prejudice against Russia.

Vice versa.

I was even critical of some of NATO's approaches, which I considered unjustified.

I hoped that she could become an ally of the West.

I was wrong,” he wrote on Twitter.

Earlier, the Askanews agency quoted Crosetto as saying that it was necessary to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine in order to prevent a third world war.

According to the politician, it will begin if the Russian military reaches Kyiv and the borders of European countries.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev condemned the attempts of the West to explain the supply of weapons to Ukraine as attempts to prevent a world war.