Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev adds his country will not back efforts to continue military and financial support for Ukraine, urging diplomacy instead.

Bulgaria becomes the first NATO member to formally withdraw from the coalition arming Ukraine, signaling growing fractures in European unity with

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said that Bulgaria has no place in the “Coalition of the Willing,” arguing that the country should not join a format whose members support…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that his country will no longer be part of the Coalition of the Willing—a group of states supporting Ukraine in its confrontation with…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev adds his country will not back efforts to continue military and financial support for Ukraine, urging diplomacy instead.

“I believe the solution to this conflict is not in its prolongation by military means, but in a strong diplomatic mission,” Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.

Болгария не станет присоединяться к «коалиции желающих» — группе европейских стран, которые помогают Украине в войне с Россией. Об этом объявил болгарский…

The decision follows the election victory of the pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Rumen Radev in April 2026.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said his country does not provide defense assistance to Ukraine because such support only "prolongs the conflict" and urged a diplomatic…

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Affichant une attitude ambivalente vis-à-vis de la Russie, le nouveau gouvernement de Sofia se retire de l'alliance chargée de coordonner le soutien à Kiev.

Connu pour ses discours aux connotations prorusses, le nouveau premier ministre bulgare, Roumen Radev, a annoncé, le 14 juillet, que son pays quittait la coalition des volontaires…

Bulgaria says it will continue supporting Ukraine through energy, economic and diplomatic assistance after withdrawing from the Western security coalition.