Bulgaria to halt weapons supplies to Ukraine from army stockpiles, PM Radev says

Bulgaria will stop supplying weapons and ammunition from its own army stockpiles to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said in a Facebook post on 14 November.

Radev wrote that the Bulgarian government's position is that weapons and ammunition from Bulgarian army stockpiles will no longer be supplied to Ukraine.

Radev said Sofia does not intend to block EU member states' decisions to provide aid to Kyiv, but that Bulgaria cannot afford additional financial commitments. He had said earlier that the country could not allocate funds for loans to Ukraine.

He also said Bulgaria would stay out of military exercises organised by the Coalition of the Willing, arguing that such informal missions "undermine the unity of the EU and NATO."

Radev defended his government's record on support for Kyiv. He said Bulgaria supplies electricity and helps repair the power system and railway infrastructure. It also provides assistance to thousands of Ukrainian families free of charge.

On the budget, he said: "We're now running an excessive deficit" and that Bulgaria is being asked to stay within the 3% deficit limit, so "we have no additional funds."