Nikolay Denkov

Bulgaria will commit to upgrading the multinational NATO battle group deployed on its territory to a brigade. This was announced by Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov after the end of the first day of the NATO summit in Lithuania.

"We commit to upgrading it so that it becomes at the level of a brigade, which means providing additional forces," he said, quoted by BTA.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, who is in Vilnius for the NATO meeting, said the Alliance would give Ukraine a clear prospect of membership when the relevant conditions are met. Asked about the Bulgarian position on this matter, the Prime Minister said:

The Lithuanian capital has been turned into a real fortress because of the two-day meeting between leaders of the NATO countries starting on Tuesday. Vilnius is located just 30 kilometers from Lithuania's border with Belarus and less than 200 kilometers from Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky handed over a list of armaments and ammunition needed by the Ukrainian army during his visit to Bulgaria yesterday. This was stated by the Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev before an extraordinary meeting of the Defense Committee early this morning in the Parliament.

"I want to thank you, Bulgaria, for supporting and protecting our people". This was said by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a briefing in the Council of Ministers after a meeting with Prime Minister Academician Nikolay Denkov and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel.

The topics of security and defense were the focus of the meeting between Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. This is what Gabriel wrote in her Facebook profile.

"We expressed our solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people", added the foreign minister.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Sofia a few minutes ago.

He arrived in Bulgaria on a government plane with a flight from Chisinau.

Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov announced that Ukraine had made an inquiry about the reactors from "Belene" already last year.

Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is coming to Bulgaria and said he spoke with President Rumen Radev about the Ukrainian president's visa.

Bulgaria still lacks a sufficient number of final convictions for corruption at the highest levels of government. This is stated in the report of the European Commission on the rule of law in the member states, published today.