Italy is preparing a new package of military aid for Ukraine, which will be the 12th since Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour in 2022, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Monday.

“There is no change to our line on Ukraine,” Crosetto told reporters.

“Probably yes,” he added when asked if there will be a 12th aid package.

“We will put together a new package that I will present shortly along the lines of the other packages.

“As for the Patriots sent (to Kyiv) by Germany, they have them and they can send them.

“We sent everything we had without making Italy’s defence weaker than it already is.”