Bulgaria is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine

4 July, 2023 Exhibition hall of the Bulgarian VMZ Sopot company. Photo credits: VMZ Sopot Bulgaria is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine.

Todor Tagarev, Bulgarian Defense Minister, discussed this in an interview with Glavkom. It will include weapons necessary for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a priority on the battlefield. Answering the question of when we should expect a new military aid package from Bulgaria, the Minister noted that it has most likely already started to take shape.

"That is, the process has started. The transfer itself, of course, will take some time. At the same time, we will be guided by the priorities of the Ukrainian side and will, first of all, provide what is most necessary for it at this stage.

This requires flexibility on our part, and we are, generally, ready for this," Tagarev said.

Todor Tagarev. Photo credits: img.cms.bweb.bg

He added that he could not offer details of the assistance, namely the items, and volumes. "As I said, this aid package is confidential.

I can only say that it is based on ammunition, but there is also military equipment," the Minister of Defense noted. Todor Tagarev also shared that the new Bulgarian government managed to accelerate and simplify the process of providing aid to Ukraine. Military and technical assistance can be transferred without a second review by the country's parliament.

Military products of the Bulgarian company Arsenal

Bulgaria is also looking to find funding to modernize its state-owned defense enterprises so they can produce weapons that meet modern standards.

As previously reported, on June 23, the government of the Republic of Bulgaria approved a new military aid package for Ukraine.

MG-1M machine guns of the Ukrainian military. April 2023. Ukraine.

Photo credits: Armed Forces of Ukraine

The approved list is comparable to the first package in the amount of aid.

The interim government provided it by the decision of December 22, 2022.