Sometimes, when you’re trying to be clever you end up saying stupid things. Just my interpretation, but what she’s trying to do is avoid sending Italian troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers.

But, I will say, in her defense, that putting EU peacekeepers in Ukraine sure seems like making it a de facto NATO member anyway.

The best path for Ukraine and the world is it becomes a neutral state. It has free and fair elections. And, its duly elected government is able to work with its neighbors to the east and west without external interference.