On Wednesday, a deadly Russian missile strike in Odesa, near the Ukrainian and Greek convoy, killed five people.

His comments came during an interview with veteran journalist Bruno Vespa for the post prime time news show, Cinque Minuti.

“That part of society that supports Putin does not fully understand what war is, they do not feel it on their skin,” said the Kyiv chief.

“I would like to ask you: if yesterday in Odessa when there was the ballistic missile attack there had been not the Greek prime minister but the Italian prime minister?

“If Giorgia Meloni had been there, what would your people have said?

“Would this part of Italian society that does not support Ukraine and supports Putin have remained indifferent? I don’t think so,” he added.

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