Two wounded soldiers will soon return to Italy. Their condition is improving.

Crosetto hears the Serbian minister: 'Easing tensions' (ANSA). The United States has expelled Kosovo from an American-led NATO military exercise, Defender 23, running from April to June in Europe with the participation of about twenty allied countries. This is the first US sanction against the Kosovar government since the resurgence of ethnic tensions. The current situation is dangerous and unsustainable. We need an urgent de-escalation and a solution through dialogue.