Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov came to Kyiv for an official visit. He also met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
This is Petkov's first visit to Ukraine. The Office of the president of Ukraine shared the video of the meeting.
Petkov expressed Bulgaria's full support of Ukraine.
The Bulgarian delegation led by the Prime Minister arrived in Kyiv by train. The guests will visit the cities Borodyanka, Bucha, and Irpin in the Kyiv region to see with their own eyes the destruction caused by the russian aggression. In Kyiv, the delegation will meet the members of the Bulgarian community of Ukraine. Bulgaria's Prime Minister is accompanied by Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov, members of parliament Kaloyan Ikonomov, Stanislav Balabanov, and Atanas Atanasov, as well as the head of the Situation Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anton Markov.
Last week, Petkov called on his co-citizens to donate their salaries to help Ukraine. He posted on his Facebook saying that he had launched a public campaign to raise funds that would be transferred to the Ukrainian government.