The National Assembly (Parliament) of Bulgaria supported the decision to transfer military aid to Ukraine, including faulty S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition for automatic small arms.
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This was reported by BNT News and The Sofia Globe.
The debate before the decision was made lasted more than three hours – it began at an open meeting and then went into closed session, during which representatives of the Bulgarian military leadership spoke.
It is noted that the Bulgarian authorities in the period 2020-22 attempted to repair faulty surface-to-air missiles, but the manufacturer confirmed in writing that it did not even have production lines to repair them. At the same time, Ukraine “very clearly” communicated its interest in these missiles.
The exact number of missiles we are talking about was not specified, but the head of the parliamentary committee on defense, Hristo Gadzhev, assured that this number “is minimal” and “will not threaten the combat readiness of the Bulgarian army.”
Another argument in favor of transferring these faulty missiles to Ukraine was that the risk to Bulgarian military personnel from storing such unusable ammunition would be eliminated.
The decision was supported by 141 deputies, 40 voted against, and three more abstained.
Among those who did not support the transfer of weapons to Ukraine was the pro-Russian Revival party, and deputies of the Bulgarian Socialist Party left the hall during the closed part of the meeting, arguing that the transfer of missiles to Ukraine was “national treason.”
Source: BNT News and The Sofia Globe
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