After the blow-up in the White House between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump and Trump's decision to put a pause on military aid to Ukraine, the onus was on Europe to act to defend Ukraine. The U.K.'s Keir Starmer quickly handed out a blank check to Zelenskyy, while other European states got serious and talked of sending troops to the front line. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took a pass on the EU's proposal to send troops to the front line.

She welcomed the U.K. and France to send their troops but said Italians wouldn't be joining them. "You can go, but not with my soldiers,” she announced.

We know that Ukraine was recruiting volunteers from around the world to join the Ukrainian army at the breakout of the conflict. As far as we've heard, that invitation still stands. Italy wants this war to wrap up just as the United States does.