KYIV, Feb 22 – Italy will provide Ukraine with three types of air defense systems, including SAMP-T, Skyguard and Spike anti-aircraft missile systems, Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni said at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

"When it comes to a country against which aggression has been committed, then all the weapons that are supplied to it are for defense. We are concentrating with international partners on air defense systems. We have worked a lot on this together with France to combine our technologies. It is important that the new military assistance package includes SAMP-T air defense systems, as well as other Skyguard and Spike air defense systems. Today, the strategic goal is to protect critical infrastructure [in Ukraine]," Meloni said, answering journalists' questions regarding Italy's ability to provide fighter jets to Ukraine.