Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The key topics of their discussions were strengthening Ukraine’s air defence system and preparing for the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC-2025).

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose rise to power in Rome two years ago sparked panic among the European political establishment, may now be the continent’s best hope to have one of its own in the good graces of the Trump White House.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that he had a "good meeting" with Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: During the meeting,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Italy on the evening of 9 January, where he met with the country’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy stated that the key topics of his discussions with Meloni included "strengthening security,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome and discussed critical issues, including Ukraine’s defence needs and progress toward European Union membership.

Italian outlet IL Foglio noted that Zelenskyy is set to meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at her residence in Rome later. On Jan. 10, the Ukrainian president is scheduled to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Italy on Thursday evening, 9 January, where he is scheduled to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Source: Zelenskyy’s spokesman Serhii Nykyforov in a commentary to journalists,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is firebrand politician who is likely Trump's closest ideological ally in Europe.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Italy today, January 9. He will have several meetings, including with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, ANSA reports. According to the news agency, the Ukrainian president is expected at the Palazzo Chigi (the official residence of the Italian prime minister) at 07:30 PM local time (08:30 PM Kyiv

Background: On the evening of 9 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Italy to meet with the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella. Zelenskyy’s meeting with Meloni was scheduled to take place immediately after the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein Group.