(ANSA) - ROME, 03 MAY - "Now in Europe there are new challenges that attract attention and put our community and the international community to the test. The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has created a completely unpredictable and unexpected condition by re-proposing the drama of war in our Continent that seemed to have finally come out of it".
This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of the 162nd anniversary of the constitution of the Italian Army.
The head of state received General Pietro Serino, Chief of Staff of the Army, accompanied by a delegation of members of the Corps today at the Quirinale (ANSA).