The war in Ukraine spills over in several directions. Moscow responds to a decision made in recent days by the Italian government. The appointment of the former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as an advisor to the Italian Ministry of Defense is “very ridiculous” and worthy of a satirical tale by Gianni Rodari, said the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
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There is a reply from Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to Zakharova’s words. “I understand that they would prefer that the choices for Italy could be made by someone who listens to Moscow first, but for now it is not yet so and we think only of Rome and not Moscow, Kiev or Washington. But there is something positive: if she has read Rodari, which I doubt, she will have understood that we do not want to end up like the mouse that ate the cats and so field experience is also needed. But I doubt that she or our compatriots, whom she wanted to set in motion with her message, want to accept it, because they would want us weak and defenseless.”
Significant was yesterday’s opening by American President Donald Trump to Russia regarding Moscow’s representative at the G20 Finance in North Carolina. “We like to get along with everyone. One of the reasons I am so successful is that I get along with everyone,” Trump said from the Oval Office responding to those asking about the presence of Russians at the G20 financial meeting in Asheville.
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If America extends a hand, there is more nervousness in Germany. According to information from Bild, the drone incident at Leipzig/Halle airport was an attempted attack on Moscow’s orders. According to the newspaper’s information, traces of the drone with explosives would presumably lead to a Russian secret service. This is what Bild learned from security sources. So far, the German federal government has refrained from directly attributing responsibility for the Leipzig events. However, Chancellor Friedrich Merz had already announced that the investigations were nearing completion.
And there are new tensions over a possible expansion of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the Baltic countries. According to the Estonian national broadcaster ERR, some drones triggered a nighttime air alarm in Latvia and subsequently also entered Estonian airspace, where NATO allied fighters from the Baltic air patrol mission continued to search for them. The news is reported by the press agencies of the two Baltic countries.
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