Bulgarian parliament approves military aid to Ukraine

Bulgaria previously agreed to repair Ukrainian military equipment at its factories but refused to send weapons directly due to opposition from President Rumen Radev and the country’s Moscow-friendly political parties.

A Ukrainian supporter shouts slogans as she holds Ukrainian flags in front of Bulgarian Parliament in Sofia, Bulgaria (Valentina Petrova/AP/PA)

Bulgarian MPs have approved the country’s first military assistance package to Ukraine involving a classified list of weapons prepared by the government.

The National Assembly voted 148-46 with one abstention in favour of the weapons to Kyiv following months of political squabbling on the issue in the Balkan Nato member state.