Bulgaria has been allowed to send war-torn Ukraine troops with almost 100 armored carriers, marking a turnabout in the NATO associate’s guideline on providing military equipment to Kyiv after the appointment of new, pro-Western governance.
Direct weapons supplies were denied by former interim governments, designated by President Rumen Radev. He is compassionate to Moscow and recently he said that Kyiv was to be criticized for the battle and that providing arms to Ukraine only extends the battle.
Sofia’s parliament late Friday endorsed by 148 votes to 52 the government’s bid to make the first shipment of military supplies to Kyiv since the beginning of the battle.
The decision of Parliament said that this war equipment is no longer required for Bulgaria, and it can be of deep aid to Kyiv in its war to keep the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity after the unjustified and unprovoked Moscow raid.
Bulgaria who is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) still carries stocks of Soviet-designed weapons and has considerable manufacturers that produce ammunition for them.
Although Parliament endorsed in the principle last year the requirement of military support to Kyiv, it renounced the conclusion about the parameters of such support to the executive, and amid political instability in Bulgaria over the past months, previous administrations had rejected the idea.
But the recent government has now moved to send the armored vehicles to Kyiv along with armaments and spare parts.
Ivaylo Mirche, the liberal lawmaker said that we have to provide armored carriers to Kyiv because Ukrainians are battling not only for their sovereignty but also for ours.
Kristian Vigenin, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly and the Socialist Party said on Saturday that i don’t think we can support Kyiv with military conclusions and providing military supplies, but we can aid it as a peace negotiator, as a government that has specific links with both sides.
