Milan, 16 February (LaPresse) – ‘You can't stop Putin with kisses and flowers. I've never done it, and that's why I don't think it's the right way. My advice to everyone is not to do it with Putin.’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on X. "It's a serious mistake to allow the aggressor to take something. It was a serious mistake from the very beginning, starting in 2014. And even before that, during the attack and occupation of parts of Georgia. And even earlier, when Chechnya was occupied, with total destruction and a million victims, including dead and wounded. Many mistakes have been made. That is why I do not want to be the president who repeats the mistakes made by my predecessors or other people. I am not just talking about Ukraine. I am talking about the leaders of several countries who allowed an aggressive country like Russia to enter their territory,‘ Zelensky writes. The alternative, in his opinion, is that ’there will be a first step, then in five years (Putin, ed.) will rebuild his army and increase the number of soldiers."