Bulgaria refuses to share weapons with Ukraine

According to the authorities, they help at the level of support for refugees and humanitarian aid.

The Bulgarian authorities will not give Ukraine weapons. Photo: collage “Today”

Bulgaria refused to provide military assistance to Ukraine at the request of Ambassador Vitaly Moskalenko. As a result, the case was closed. At the same time, Bulgaria supported all measures when it comes to sanctions against Russia.

This is reported by The Sofia Globe.

“The National Assembly has made a decision – Bulgaria will not export arms to Ukraine. The case is closed,” said the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Economy Minister Kornelia Ninova.

Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that there is a decision of the Parliament on military-technical assistance to Ukraine and they will adhere to the decision of the National Assembly.

“I think that what we have done for Ukraine, at the level of supporting refugees, at the level of funds that we have invested in humanitarian aid, that we will repair their equipment that cannot be repaired elsewhere, we will do it in Bulgaria,” – he said.

In addition, Petkov recalled that Bulgaria supported “all measures when it comes to sanctions against the Russian Federation.”

“I think that the Bulgarian state has done enough in this direction, and we will continue to support them,” the Prime Minister added.

Bulgaria launches new program for Ukrainian refugees

In Bulgaria, the government proposed to approve a new program for Ukrainian refugeesaccording to which state guest houses and establishments registered in the National Tourist Register will be used to accommodate migrants.

Thus, the new program provides 15 leva (approximately 240 UAH) per person per day for accommodation and three meals a day.

As Deputy Prime Minister for Good Governance Kalina Konstantinova noted in a video message, the program will include “mostly not the best types of accommodation, such as family hotels and guest houses.”

One- or two-star hotels have almost 175,000 beds. The measure has now provided shelter for tens of thousands of Ukrainian mothers with children and has financially supported a number of businesses hit hard by the COVID crisis, the deputy prime minister said.

Recall that we told that Ukrainian migrants who fled the country because of the war and occupation, relocated from hotels and hotels in Bulgaria.

Earlier it was reported that the Bulgarian authorities June 1st decided not to settle Ukrainian migrants in hotels anymore due to low funding and the start of the tourist season. Before that, Ukrainians could live there for free.

Source: Segodnya

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