Italy opposes the idea of deploying Western troops in Ukraine. They believe that such a step “will erase the path to diplomacy,” according to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. “France and Poland can speak for themselves, not for NATO, which has formally and voluntarily remained out of the war in Ukraine from the beginning. Deploying troops to Kyiv means taking a step towards unilateral escalation, which will erase the path to diplomacy. There is no point in making such an argument now after two years of war,” the minister said. The Defense Minister also stated that Russia’s transformati…