Bulgaria’s new government to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine
Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria will seek a negotiated peace and plans to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2030.
- On Tuesday, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov announced Bulgaria will no longer provide weapons to Ukraine, stating the conflict cannot be resolved through military means alone.
- Bulgaria, a NATO and European Union member, previously sent anti-tank missiles and armored vehicles during 2024 and 2025, after relying on European intermediaries to export weapons in 2022 and 2023.
- Prime Minister Rumen Radev, whose government was sworn in last month, has long opposed arming Ukraine and advocated for diplomatic solutions to end the conflict.
- Despite the weapons halt, Ukraine and Bulgaria maintain a 10-year security agreement struck in March that includes joint defense production and an energy corridor routing up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
- Stoyanov also announced plans to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2030, while noting the European Union faces challenges acting as a mediator since it has assisted Ukraine.
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Bulgaria’s new government has announced it will halt further weapons shipments to Ukraine, marking a major turn away from Brussels’ war policy and signaling a more sovereignty-focused foreign policy under Prime Minister Rumen Radev.
Bulgaria's defense minister has announced that his country will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine. This highlights the new Bulgarian government's opposition to EU support for Ukraine - new Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who won a landslide victory in April, has opposed arming Ukraine for years, calling instead for a "diplomatic solution". "We have already made it clear that the war in Ukraine will not be resolved on the battlefield," Defense Mini…
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