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Posted on December 8, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleItaly's Meloni pledges emergency aid to Ukraine, supporting energy needs and peace talks. Zelenskiy to meet European leaders for conflict resolution.
ROME, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke by phone on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of his planned visits to London, Brussels and Rome for talks on the peace process, her office said.
U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said earlier that a deal to end the war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes to some of the U.S. proposals.
Meloni reaffirmed Italy's solidarity after what she called a fresh wave of "indiscriminate" Russian strikes on civilian targets and announced the dispatch of emergency supplies to support Ukraine's energy infrastructure and population.
Generators provided by Italian companies will be shipped in the coming weeks, the statement said.
The prime minister also reiterated support for ongoing negotiations and U.S.-led efforts to secure a "just and lasting peace."
She welcomed Kyiv's willingness to engage in good faith and urged Moscow to show similar openness, according to the readout.
Zelenskiy is expected to meet European leaders in the coming days as part of consultations on ending the nearly four-year-old conflict.
(Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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