Italy has not yet signed the 13th package of military aid to Ukraine: the delay is described as technical

Delay in signing the 13th aid package

Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti has not yet signed the new, 13th package of military aid from Rome to Ukraine. This was reported by the radio station Radio 1, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru..

The cabinet calls the situation technical

Citing representatives of the Italian government, it is specified that this is a purely technical matter: the delay is explained by Giorgetti's physical absence from the capital. According to established practice, such decrees are signed by three ministers — defense, foreign affairs, and economy. Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto is to officially present the contents of the new package to the parliamentary security committee (Copasir) at a closed session; the list of military-purpose items to be sent to Kyiv will not be made public.

The EU extended the training mission

Against the backdrop of this delay, the European Union on November 9 extended the mandate of the military training mission for Ukraine by two years — until November 15, 2028, allocating almost €300 million for it. The EUMAM Ukraine mission was launched in October 2022 at Kyiv's request, and over this time more than 100,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been trained under it.

Context

Thus, the extension of the mission at the EU level confirms the continuation of long-term training of Ukrainian military personnel, while the question of a new national aid package from Italy remains open — according to available information, due to a procedural rather than political reason. Earlier, in August, the US described what Western military aid to Ukraine had resulted in.