The Russian liquefied natural gas tanker Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, has entered Libyan search and rescue waters, Italy’s civil protection agency reported.

Ukraine has distributed industrial boiler equipment supplied by Italy to communities in 10 regions to strengthen heating systems damaged by the war, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said on January 29.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome on Tuesday to review progress in negotiations aimed at achieving what both leaders called a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine.

The Vatican is intensifying its involvement in international efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, stressing that European countries must take a more active role in shaping a realistic and lasting peace plan.

According to new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Union economic powerhouses France and Italy have higher debt-to-GDP ratios than Ukraine.

Italy will not send troops to Ukraine to oversee a potential peace agreement with Russia, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni stated on Thursday, according to Palazzo Chigi.

Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man accused of coordinating the 2022 explosions that severely damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, German prosecutors announced on Thursday.

On May 17, 2025, Italy unveiled a major new military aid package for Ukraine, including the delivery of 400 M113 armored personnel carriers and an unspecified satellite surveillance system to strengthen Kyiv’s defense amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.

US President Donald Trump who has arrived in Rome together with his wife Melania to attend the funeral of Pope Francis intends to hold meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the newspaper La Repubblica.