By Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s first woman prime minister, vowed on Tuesday to steer the country through some of the hardest times since World War Two and to maintain support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Striking a combative tone in her maiden speech to parliament, Meloni said her conservative coalition would make its voice heard in Europe and disavowed fascism, despite her own party’s far-right roots. Italy would continue to support Western sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin regardless of a squeeze on gas imports from …