Bulgaria announces allocation of new military aid package to Ukraine
Atanas Zapryanov, Acting Minister of Defence of Bulgaria (photo: Getty Images)
Bulgaria continues to provide Ukraine with various types of weapons, as well as equipment and ammunition, as part of its defense assistance. The list of contents in the support package is being updated, announces Bulgaria's Acting Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov, according to Bulgarian national radio BNR.
It is reported that the allocation of weapons, equipment, and ammunition is confirmed by the protocol from the latest meeting of Bulgaria's interim government.
The full list of contents in the new support package for Ukraine from Sofia is confidential, as stated in a resolution by the Bulgarian Cabinet of Ministers.
It is also noted that this assistance is being provided under an agreement from the end of 2022, which also remains classified.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense assured at that time that military assistance to Ukraine would in no way undermine the capabilities of the Bulgarian army.
Zapryanov told Bulgarian journalists that this is already the seventh update to the list of military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the year. It is also noted that since the start of Russia's full-scale military aggression against Ukraine, Kyiv has provided Sofia with a list of necessary weapons.
At the last meeting in September, Bulgaria's Acting Minister of Defense Zapryanov reassured the Ukrainian ambassador that his country would continue assisting Kyiv.
Bulgaria's aid to Ukraine
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Bulgaria has been providing Ukraine with various forms of assistance, including defense-related support.
In September 2023, it became known that the Bulgarian parliament, behind closed doors, voted to supply Ukraine with unfit-for-use S-300 missiles.
In July of the previous year, there was also information that Bulgaria might provide Ukraine with about 100 armored personnel carriers from the Ministry of the Interior’s stockpiles.
Meanwhile, in December 2023, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed the free provision of armored vehicles to Ukraine. However, later the National Assembly of Bulgaria (parliament) overcame the president’s veto on the supply of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
It was also reported that on February 28, 2024, Bulgaria announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which included APCs. By March, Bulgaria had already sent the first 30 railcars of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
