How many Italian soldiers will be engaged in Ukraine?
A thousand Italian soldiers, including Alpini and Bersaglieri, will be involved in the defense of Ukraine from the Russian invasion. 400 of them are already operational, while the others are ready to be deployed after the attack launched by Vladimir Putin. Italy, through the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerinihad long ago expressed its willingness to take an active role, in the case of the Born had decided to react to the Russian invasion, which happened on time. As explained by the minister himself in Parliament, Italy is ready to increase current spending by approximately 78 million euros to accomplish this task. Our forces are currently concentrated mainly on the only Russian outlet in the Mediterranean, but also in Latvia.
Baltic Guardian: the commitment of alpini and bersaglieri
As explained by Guerini, Italy will play its part in these strengthening initiatives, “by raising the operational readiness of its assets and increasing participation in operational and exercise activities.” In Latvia there are 238 Italian soldiers with 135 land vehicles. Baltic Guardian has been operational since 2016, in response to a request made to NATO by the Baltic States and Poland. The exercise has just ended in the country Ajax Strike, promoted with the aim of testing and confirming the level of operational capabilities and reassuring the population of the countries of the border areas. Further south, in Romania, the Italian task force Black storm is deployed with 140 military personnel at Constanta airport to help ensure the integrity of the country’s airspace. The exercise took place in the Mediterranean in recent days Neptune strike which involved the aircraft carrier of the Navy Cavour, along with the American one Uss Truman is French Charles de Gaulle.
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