Trump on Monday said the United States would ship "billions of dollars' worth" of military equipment to NATO members, paid for by the alliance, to be handed over to Ukrainian forces battling grinding Russian advances. Trump had earlier this month suggested NATO would "100 percent" pay for U.S. weapons, which would be sent to Ukraine.

The Italian government has no plans to join a US-NATO initiative to purchase American weapons for Ukraine with EU funds, citing a lack of available resources. Source: Italian newspaper La Stampa, as reported by European Pravda Details: La Stampa reported that Italy's budget constraints prevent it from participating in the initiative to fund American weapons for Ukraine with European money.

Italy “will not pursue the same strategy” as Germany. The country lacks the budgetary funds for this purpose. According to the officials, Rome has only planned to purchase a batch of F-35 fighter jets from the United States thus far.