Italy's foreign minister sees no end to Ukraine war this year

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks to the media at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) -Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine is unlikely to end this year, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday.

"The war isn't going to end as soon as some people said and believed ... I don't want to be a pessimist but I don't think there can be solutions before the end of the year," he said after a cabinet meeting in Rome.