President-elect Donald Trump said he aims to push Kyiv and Moscow to the negotiating table."I hope to talk about peace, about peacekeeping, as soon as possible in Ukraine, but also in Gaza and Lebanon," Crosetto told journalists in Madrid when asked about the possibility of Rome deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine.French President Emmanuel Macron has floated the idea of sending an international contingent to Ukraine to monitor a future truce. Though the French president has reportedly discussed the idea with the U.K. and Poland, Italy is the first country to signal openness to the proposal publicly."We are willing to play this role, a role in which we have always distinguished ourselves as a nation," Crosetto said. The position within Italy does not appear to be uniform.

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