In Vespa's book"Finimondo," Crosetto addresses the issue of the war in Ukraine: "Reconquering the territories lost in 2014 and after February 2022 is now considered impossible by everyone," he explains."Russia will never give them up, and Ukraine will not have the strength to reconquer them alone, even with our help. Putin cannot go back, also because he changed the constitution, making the occupied territories 'Russian' in all respects, and has therefore put himself in a position where he cannot negotiate." When Vespa asked if US President Donald Trump was willing to sign the cession of all the territories, the minister replied: “The first hypothesis put forward by the President of the United States is to talk about cessions.” And could Ukraine ever admit the cession of the four occupied provinces? “I don't know,” Crosetto replied, “it's up to them alone to decide whether the greatest sacrifice is the cession of the territories or the continuation of a bloody war that could get worse.” “The Ukrainian dead – concludes Crosetto – are 520 thousand, the Russian dead are more than 1 million. The difference is that the Ukrainians know their losses, the Russian people have no idea.”