Let us recall that for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, Bulgaria had to officially transfer heavy equipment to Ukraine.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov assured that the majority in parliament will reject the veto imposed by the country's President Rumen Radev on the agreement to supply Ukraine with 100 Soviet-style armored personnel carriers.
Novinite reports this.
The head of Bulgaria the day before explained his decision by saying that the deputies allegedly “were not sufficiently familiar with the specific conditions of the transfer,” therefore, he returned the document to parliament for further discussion.
“This veto will be overcome, so I don’t see what to comment on here,” Prime Minister Denkov said in turn.
Armed equipment from Bulgaria – what is known
Let us recall that the Bulgarian parliament ratified an agreement between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the supply of 100 armored personnel carriers and spare parts to Kiev. For the first time since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Bulgaria is officially transferring heavy equipment to Ukraine.
However, subsequently, as became known on December 4, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed the document on the provision of 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
Bulgaria was supposed to immediately transfer 100 Soviet-style armored personnel carriers from its own arsenals. And the decision to provide this assistance to Ukraine was made after the visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to Sofia.
These 100 USSR-era armored vehicles were purchased for the internal troops of Bulgaria. For more than 40 years, they were practically not used in practice and stood in the arsenals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the maintenance of such equipment absorbs a huge amount of resources.
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