Candidate for Mayor of Sofia sheltered Ukrainian Mothers and their Children

Vasil Terziev @OFFNews

The candidate for mayor of Sofia, Vasil Terziev, has sheltered families of Ukrainian refugees - mothers with children from Odesa, he announced in the OFFNews podcast "When I Become Mayor".

In a conversation with the editor-in-chief of the media, Vladimir Yonchev, and the deputy editor-in-chief of OFFNews, Maya Mladenova, Vasil Terziev answered questions from the readers of the media, collected in the last days by the editorial office.

"A question that was asked in the last presidential elections - Whose is Crimea?

- Ukrainian. There is international law, and on this topic I have also expressed my position - whose is Crimea and whose side is the right, and where should we be. What is my opinion on neutrality - Machiavelli said it well: when you pursue neutrality, you are despised by the victors and hated by the vanquished. So it is very important to have a principled position about which side of history you stand on.

Do you remember the day February 24 and how you received the news about the beginning of the Russian aggression in Ukraine?

- I couldn't believe it. After all, for months you watch a build-up of troops - be it exercises, but not war, only a madman could think that someone else could attack a sovereign country in Europe, and it turned out that it was actually absolutely possible and it happened. I was very amazed that this thing was happening in modern Europe. Sad day.

When the Ukrainian refugees started coming, did you meet these people, did you talk to them?

- Yes, and I have said many times that in order to understand a person's beliefs, you need to follow how he 'voted' with his wallet, time and reputation - the things that are valuable to him. From the...

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