Bulgaria

Bulgaria has begun shipping 110 Soviet BTR-60 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, the first six of which were loaded onto trucks and sent from Sofia to Novy Iskir.

A cargo ship carrying 21,000 tons of fertilizer sank in the Red Sea after being damaged in a previous Houthi attack in mid-February.

Starting March 11, cars with Russian license plates will be confiscated in Lithuania. The exception will be their transit to and from the Kaliningrad region. Such cars can stay in the country for no more than 24 hours with the mandatory presence of the owner

The Belizean-flagged cargo ship Rubymar, carrying 21 tons of fertilizer, sank in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemeni Houthis, which could cause an environmental disaster.

Bulgaria banned oil imports from Russia on March 1 to avoid indirect financing of Russia amid geopolitical tensions.

Ukraine can buy ammunition from the Balkan countries only through third parties due to the internal legislation of these countries.

In 2025, the Balkan Stream gas pipeline through Bulgaria will become the main route for russian gas supplies to the European Union and Ukraine after transit through Ukraine is terminated.

Bulgaria's Defense Minister says the country will continue military assistance to Ukraine, but will not send troops.

A sixth person was charged with spying for Russia in a case in which five Bulgarians had already been detained for obtaining classified British documents.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Denkov presents Ukrainian President Zelensky with the sword of Khan Kubrat, and Zelensky jokingly asks for more air defense systems to protect against Russian attacks.

The Bulgarian Prime Minister said that the issue of signing security guarantees for Ukraine will be discussed and a decision will be made after consultations.

Zelenskyy and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov agreed to boost logistics and infrastructure development during a meeting in Kyiv on February 26.

According to Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, in January 2024, 88% of Ukraine's wheat exports went to the EU via the Black Sea.

Ukrainian weightlifters won 12 medals, including 5 gold and 5 silver, at the European Championships in Sofia.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that other countries may have military stockpiles that could be provided to support Ukraine.

Bulgaria delays the delivery of 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine because it is asking NATO to cover transportation costs.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is deploying a new grouping of mine countermeasures forces in the Black Sea using two British Sandown-class mine countermeasures ships.

Radars in Moldova cannot detect the modern Shahid drones that Russia is launching at Ukraine.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged U. S. lawmakers to vote for a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine and other partners.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will call on EU allies to increase defense production to help Ukraine.

The former head of a department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was arrested for two months with the possibility of posting UAH 50 million bail in the case of the ammunition supply contract.

Residents of Bessarabia have changed their traditional pro-Russian vector to pro-Ukrainian - The Economist explains the reasons.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu believes that Russia will not deliberately attack Romania, as there are no grounds for aggression.

According to UN statistics, Hungary ranks penultimate among the countries hosting Ukrainian refugees under the UN refugee response plan, despite Orban's claim that Hungary is making the greatest efforts.

NATO authorizes the rapid deployment of military groups to Romania in the event of security threats that threaten the country's independence or sovereignty.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution expressing concern over Russia's ongoing efforts to undermine European democracy through interference and disinformation.

During the meeting, President Zelenskyy thanked Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament Rosen Zhelyazkov for Bulgaria's active assistance and support for Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Parliament Speaker Stefanchuk met with his Bulgarian counterpart to discuss Ukraine's path to the EU and NATO, Bulgaria's support for Ukraine through military aid, and the confiscation of Russian assets to compensate for war damage.

A Bulgarian law enforcement officer was detained on suspicion of espionage by passing official information to a Russian citizen, allegedly a former diplomat of the Russian Embassy in Sofia.

The United Kingdom continues to indirectly import millions of barrels of Russian oil each year through petroleum products refined from Russian crude oil in countries such as India, which are then exported to the UK, undermining Western sanctions aimed at limiting Russian oil revenues.