Chief of Defense: 700-800 soldiers from Italy are Coming to Bulgaria for NATO’s Battle Group – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

“Between 700 and 800 soldiers from Italy will arrive in Bulgaria to participate in the NATO Multinational Battle Group on our territory.” This was announced by Bulgaria’s Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov in an interview with the Bulgarian National Television. “Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, our naval forces have been closely monitoring the Black Sea,” he explained. “After the Read more…

NY Times: Bulgaria has Supplied Weapons to Ukraine through an American Company – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria and five other countries sell Soviet weapons and ammunition to Ukraine through the US company Ultra Defense Corp., based in Tampa, Florida, according to an analysis by the New York Times. The company works with arms factories in Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which provide the so-called “non-standard ammunition“. They are not by US Read more…

Ethnic Bulgarian Ivan Minkov died in battle in Ukraine – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

A 20-year-old Bessarabian Bulgarian, Ivan Minkov, a resident of the Ukrainian village of Krichnoye (Chushmelia, Bolgrad oblast), has died on the Ukrainian front. The news was announced by Stepan Velikov, who is from the village of the murdered Ivan Minkov, and was spread by Viktor Stoyanov of the Macedonia Foundation. Today he told details on Nova TV. Read more…

In the Bulgarian Parliament: only one Political Party condemned the Atrocities in Bucha – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

The political party “Democratic Bulgaria” was the only parliamentary group to condemn the atrocities committed by Russian troops in Bucha. This happened with a declaration on the first plenary day of the week, read from the parliamentary rostrum by MP Antoaneta Tsoneva. Here is the full text of the declaration: “Evidence of atrocities committed by Read more…

Bulgaria: Protest for “Neutrality” in the War in Ukraine – Z symbols and Russian flags everywhere (PHOTOS) – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

Buses brought supporters of the far-right political party “Vazrazhdane” (Revival) to protest in front of the parliament building. Among them were people that had the symbol “Z” written on clothes, posters, flags. The “Z” symbol is a pro-Kremlin symbol of the Russian war in Ukraine. The participants in the announced national protest against the government of the Quadruple Coalition got off the Read more…

First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria has been declared Persona Non Grata – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has handed over a note declaring the first secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria, who is suspected of espionage by the Bulgarian authorities, persona non grata. Two SANS Employees accused of Espionage were Fired, more Russian Diplomats might be Expelled Read more…