mike maloof, former pentagon security analysts life on r t. thank you. the italian prime minister is say, some major european states are not in favor of ukraine becoming any you member. however, mario draggy also stated, he remained fully supportive of care and believes giving candidacy status to ukraine would be an important symbolic gesture. so stangler green, i support ukraine and becoming a member of the you. i have done so from the start, all of the major european states, except italy are objecting to ukraine becoming a member of the year. we may request a candidate status, but this is not currently expected because of the opposition from some countries such as well the other side of the coin, the ukrainian foreign minister says key of his tired of hearing about alternative scenarios on how it can join the last week presidente lensky even demanded. the dutch prime minister, give a clear answer on whether there's a place for ukraine in the block. the country was told it must go through the established stages. we spoke to an italian independent journa