{"id":1413076,"date":"2026-07-23T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1413076"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:20:57","slug":"italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s Defense Minister Explains Why He Considers Ukraine the Winner of the War With Russia"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto believes Ukraine has already achieved victory in the war against Russia, if you assess the situation against the expectations at the start of the full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said this in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/ansa.it\/sito\/notizie\/topnews\/index_2.shtml\">Ansa<\/a> on the sidelines of a meeting in London with his counterparts from the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian minister noted that at the start of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion in 2022, many expected Moscow would be able to seize Kyiv within a few days.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Four years ago, everyone thought Russia would reach Kyiv within a week,&#8221; he noted, also recalling that even the US was preparing for the possibility of evacuating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he stressed that Russia is now &#8220;stuck at the front line&#8221; and suffering significant losses. In particular, he noted that Moscow loses about 30,000 troops a month \u2014 killed and wounded.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this context, he highlighted Ukraine&#8217;s success in using drones to fight Russian aggression.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ukraine still exists; it&#8217;s strong, and with each passing day it makes the war harder for Vladimir Putin,&#8221; he emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crosetto also added that the war will end &#8220;when Russia stops bombing Ukraine for at least 24 or 48 hours, which it hasn&#8217;t done for even a single day since 2022.&#8221;<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of June, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Ukraine&#8217;s long-range strikes on Russian oil refining and noted that the US president had acknowledged this. Rutte also does not believe Ukraine should hold back its strikes on Russian territory for the sake of possible &#8220;peace talks,&#8221; and stressed that it was Moscow that started the war.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/spain-backs-modernization-of-ukraine-s-air-navigation-infrastructure\/\">Spain Backs Modernization of Ukraine\u2019s Air Navigation Infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto believes Ukraine has already achieved victory in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1413077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,36422,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72926,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1413076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Italy&#039;s Defense Minister Explains Why He Considers Ukraine the Winner of the War With Russia - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italy&#039;s Defense Minister Explains Why He Considers Ukraine the Winner of the War With Russia - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto believes Ukraine has already achieved victory in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-23T12:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25318482141242-820x473.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Italy&#8217;s Defense Minister Explains Why He Considers Ukraine the Winner of the War With Russia\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-23T12:40:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/italy-s-defense-minister-explains-why-he-considers-ukraine-the-winner-of-the-war-with-russia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/AP25318482141242.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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