More than 20,000 have arrived, which is triple the number who arrived in the same period last year. There has been a huge surge in the number of migrants reaching Italian shores so far this year. Italy has come in for plenty of abuse from Russia since the invasion, including from Sergei Razov, the Russian ambassador to Rome, and Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister. In January, Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia who is now vice-president of the Kremlin’s security council, called Mr Crosetto a “rare fool” after the defence minister spoke of the importance of giving Ukraine the weapons it needs to resist Russian aggression. The order to assassinate the minister could be carried out by Wagner Group cells based in Serbia or Estonia, the Italian daily claimed. Mr Crosetto earlier this week accused Wagner mercenaries based in Libya of encouraging migrants and refugees to head to Italy as a means of destabilising the country and punishing it for its staunch support for Ukraine. Italian intelligence services discovered the existence of the bounty on Guido Crosetto about 10 days ago, according to Il Foglio newspaper. Russia’s feared Wagner Group has reportedly placed the bounty on Italy’s defence minister, who warned this week that the mercenary outfit is using migrants as a form of hybrid warfare against Italy. An Italian minister and Kremlin critic has been warned of a €15 million (£13.1 million) bounty put on his head by Russia.

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