Italy: "Has no evidence to determine whether genocide is being committed"

"Italy has no data to determine whether genocide is being committed in Ukraine, but everyone can see the atrocities, the citizens and the children being killed," said Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.

"We must stop the escalation of tensions, we must contribute to the resumption of the dialogue between Zelensky and Ukraine," the Italian diplomat added in an interview with Radio 24.

At the same time, however, he stressed that "Putin does not send messages of peace and for this reason sanctions must continue."

"At this stage, food in Italy costs more, because Ukrainian ships can not carry it," Di Maio said. He added that "as far as gas is concerned, we must prepare carefully for next winter" and that "the European Union cannot succumb to blackmail in rubles".

The Italian Foreign Minister, speaking on Radio 24, also underlined:

"We hope that in a week, Orthodox Easter will be an opportunity to persuade the Russians to accept a ceasefire. We are trying to achieve this, because it is the only solution to evacuate eastern Ukraine, where the attacks are intensifying. "In order to remove the civilian population, to empty the orphanages, to remove the children from the Russian bombs."

Source: ΑΠΕ- ΜΠΕ