Italy says it's ready to guarantee Ukraine's neutrality

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

This puts Italy ahead of the UK, which already said they won't, and Germany, which gave a rather weak response. I posted about those tweets from the Kyiv Independent the other day.

[left-of-center2012]

1. If that is what Ukraine wants

Where I them I would want to join NATO

[bullimiami]

2. IF russia gets out without taking any more territory. pays for the damage they caused.

gives to the families of those they murdered.

and makes promises that ukraine will be left alone.

then neutral is fine.

otherwise. if russia takes any more territory, if they interfere, if they dont pay up.
Join NATO.

[msfiddlestix]

3. Interesting

Italy rarely appears on my radar as a country throwing their weight on geopolitical issues on this scale. Not saying they never have, just that I can't recall Italy making a stand such as this. Could be our press doesn't take notice, therefore I missed any occasion before.

Or our press has and I missed it.

But bravo!

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. The lesson is to strengthen NATO because that is the only thing stop empire Russia

Giving Putin this gift was his goal before the war. I would like them any country that is Democratic to join NATO.

Mario Chamberlain- sit down.

[kentuck]

5. A totally neutral Ukraine between Europe and Russia....

...would be very good for the future security of Europe, in my opinion. Especially if Ukraine is capable of defending itself from further Russian aggression.

[DFW]

6. A neutral INTACT Ukraine, with unhindered trading policies, that is

Not one neutered, with its port of Sevastopol and it's major industrialized areas occupied by an aggressively imperialist neighbor. Ironically enough, Russia's economy would also profit immensely from a neutral, active trading center on its western border. Some of the most properous areas of France, Italy, Germany and Austria are the ones on the border with neutral Switzerland.

As for Italy, if they can somehow convince the Russians that a NATO member is willing to guarantee Ukraine's neutrality, that's fine with me. However, since if it were Russia, I wouldn't give their motives a whiff of sincerity, I don't think the Russians would see this as anything other than us trying to have NATO on the Ukrainian-Russian border under another name.