KYIV, Aug 26 – There is no intermediate position regarding support for Ukraine, Italy has decided to be on the side of freedom, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said.

"The Russian invasion has brought to the world the need to decide which side you are on, and there is no intermediate position: if you want to support Ukraine, then you support the resistance of Ukraine, the provision of financial, defense assistance," Di Maio said at a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv on Thursday.