Italy on Thursday ordered the expulsion of two Russian military attaches accused of spying, with its foreign minister condemning “serious and unacceptable acts of interference” by Moscow. The expulsions came two days after police announced the arrest of two former Italian intelligence agents who media reports said gave Russia secrets on military aid to Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “The Italian government has decided to expel two military attaches from the embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy, involved in espionage activities uncovered by the Rome public prosecutor’s office,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X. The minister named the Russians as Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev and Mikhail Vasilyevich Astakhov and said they had been ordered to leave within three days. “Moscow continues to use hybrid warfare to attack the West and Italy – acts of interference that are serious and unacceptable to Italian institutions and national security,” Tajani commented. Rome police said on Tuesday that one of the detained Italians, a 59-year-old former intelligence officer, had been paid by a Russian handler and “disclosed to him information of interest through six sources – including four serving military personnel assigned to posts marked by a high level of confidentiality.” Media reports said the Italians had handed over information on an Italian-French air defense system, the SAMP/T, due to be delivered to Ukraine this year, and on Aster missiles that have already been sent to Kyiv.