It will be the the ninth aid package Italy has sent to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin earlier this month that Italy was preparing a new package of military aid for Kyiv featuring the Samp-T air-defence system.

The French-Italian system can track dozens of ballistic missiles and intercept many at the same time.

Italy and France gave one Samp-T to Ukraine last year as part of efforts to help Kyiv defend itself.

ANSA