Putin's "ancient warrior" tactics target ukraine with old missile

In his statement to the Italian station Rete 4, the Italian Foreign Minister commented that "Putin behaves like ancient warriors who banged their swords on shields to intimidate the opponent."

Tajani emphasized that in reality, this is nothing new. "There is nothing new here. These are missiles that have been tweaked and used to scare the Ukrainian opponent, to raise their voice," he explained.

Furthermore, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that Russia is making efforts to take control of small towns in border areas to gain an advantage in negotiations. He also recalled that Ukraine has adopted a similar strategy by occupying part of Russian territory.

However, as the Deputy Prime Minister noted, it is the Ukrainians who are defending themselves, and the aggressor is Putin. "He is issuing dangerous threats," said Tajani, referring to the leadership style of the Russian leader, noting that Putin grew up with a "KGB mentality."

"Putin thinks that everything can be resolved with force and the armed forces and knows little about the tools of diplomacy to which we are accustomed as a democratic country, as the West," stated the head of Italian diplomacy.

During the summit in Warsaw a few days ago, the five most important countries in the European Union—Italy, Poland, France, Germany, Spain—plus the United Kingdom, decided to continue working together to defend international law and collaborate with the United States, also with the new administration, to seek a solution," Tajani pointed out.

"The peace we all want can only be a just peace, and thus a peace that will not mean Ukraine's capitulation to Russia," concluded the head of Italian diplomacy.