In brief
Dwindling stocks and limits on production could constrain Italian deliveries of missiles for Ukraine’s SAMP/T air-defence system. The reported restrictions remain a possibility.
Italy may limit further Aster missile supplies to Ukraine because of depleted domestic stocks and limited capacity to increase production, LIGA.net reported, citing ANSA and its Italian government sources. Aster missiles equip the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air-defence system already supplied to Ukrainian forces.
According to the report, Italy’s next classified military aid package could include components to keep that system operational. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said he could not disclose the package’s contents. LIGA.net did not specify the number of missiles in Italy’s stocks, the scale of any potential reduction in deliveries or when restrictions might begin.
Generators and equipment to restore energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks could make up a substantial part of the next package, LIGA.net reported, citing media accounts. Both the package’s composition and possible missile supply restrictions were described as prospective.
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