The largest one-time military aid package – which includes 100 armoured vehicles from the Bulgarian police stockpile, mostly infantry carrier vehicles – was sent to Ukraine in what was Sofia’s first official decision to help Kyiv with heavy equipment, Bulgarian authorities announced on Thursday, as quoted by EurActiv.
The military equipment was bought 40 years ago but has never been used.
"This is armoured military equipment purchased during the Revival Process and has never been used. At the same time, it generates costs for storage and maintenance. The Ukrainians will ensure this technique is useful to them," said Ivaylo Mirchev from the governing coalition We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria.
The decision on the armoured vehicles was announced only a week after the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Bulgaria. This is the first military package from Bulgaria to Ukraine about which information has been published. The military aid until now was secret, but the unofficial information was that Bulgaria was helping Ukraine with ammunition.