He could leave for Ukraine in the next few hours Matteo Salviniwhich today 2 March announced its intention to organize a “great movement for peace that stands in the way of war”, trying to involve the Polish premier as well, Mateusz Morawieckiand Hungarian Viktor Orban . The leader of the League said he was evaluating: “the technical-logistical possibility of being in the presence”, because beyond the demonstrations: one thing is to invoke peace, one thing is to be there in the presence “, probably in Lviv where she moved the Italian embassy and some humanitarian organizations such as Sant’Egidio and Caritas are operational: “But first I’ll hear from the embassy,” Salvini clarified later. “If there was a peaceful invasion in the opposite direction, that is, if there were unarmed non-combatants for peace at the entrance, I would be among them, if we are 100 it is one thing if we were 100 thousand another. If the Holy Father were to launch the peace initiative, no one could accuse him of ulterior motives or of being a friend of Putin».
Just the friendship with Putin is the accusation that political opponents today also raise against Salvini, a supporter of the Russian president in recent years on several occasions, and from which the Northern League leader tries to distance himself: “At this moment we are witnessing someone invading to someone who is invaded. We stand alongside the attacked and invaded. Putin attacked and Zelenskyj up is defending. Our priority is to stop the guns. Stop the clashes with diplomacy it is clear that you have to give a people under siege the tools to defend themselves but it is clear that Italians hate war. I make myself available to get to the ceasefire, I’m meeting everyone but if you have to ask for a ceasefire, ask the Russians, ask the Chinese, the Holy See, which is neutral ground. Asking for the mediation of ecclesiastical diplomacy is fundamental ».
