Paris rages over Italian minister's Macron taunt
France has summoned Italy's ambassador after Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini made comments about French President Emmanuel Macron not returning home in Paris, several media outlets report.
The statement that sparked the diplomatic reaction was made when Salvini responded this week to Macron's proposal to send European peacekeeping forces to Ukraine with an Italian phrase that roughly translates to the president "going wild".
- If you want to go there, go yourself. Put on your helmet, jacket and rifle and go to Ukraine, Salvini continued.
In addition to being deputy prime minister, the Italian far-right politician is also transport minister. He has criticized Macron several times, often for the French president's pro-Ukrainian stance.
Sources: US blocks Kyiv's attacks on Russia
The Pentagon has
secretly prevented Ukraine from carrying out attacks deep into Russia
with American missiles, two sources told the Wall Street Journal.
The
decision to block was made at a high level within the US Department of
Defense in the spring. Ukraine has since asked for permission to use the
American missiles at least once, but was denied.
While the
blockade has been in place, Donald Trump has on several occasions urged
Ukraine to attack Russia. Among other things, he wrote on Truth Social
as recently as this week that it is "very difficult, if not impossible,
to win a war without attacking the invading country".
Despite the
blockade, Ukraine has carried out several long-range attacks on Russia,
but has used other weapons, such as its own drones.
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