Italian PM backs Russia's disconnection from SWIFT – Zelensky

KYIV. Feb 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has held a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who supported Russia's disconnection from SWIFT and the provision of defense assistance to Ukraine.

"This is the beginning of a new page in the history of our states – Ukraine and Italy. Mario Draghi in a phone conversation supported Russia's disconnection from SWIFT, the provision of defense assistance. Ukraine must become part of the EU," Zelensky wrote on Twitter Saturday morning.