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At the last minute, the government changed its proposal for defense minister. Instead of Todor Tagarev, announced yesterday, the cabinet will nominate Dragomir Zakov.

Kiril Petkov announced the change. The new candidate is Bulgaria's permanent representative to NATO.

Bulgaria: New Candidate for Minister of Defense has been Announced

Our national interest is for Bulgaria to have a clear position. This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after yesterday's extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers in connection with the hostilities in Ukraine.

Bulgaria will not give Ukraine fighter jets, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said at a briefing, refuting reports that combat-ready aircraft of the Bulgarian army and other Soviet-made Eastern European countries could be transferred to Ukraine to try to regain control of its airspace.

The government will allocate funds for financial support of the renewal of the stocks of expired potassium iodide tablets. This was announced by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday.

Todor Tagarev is the candidate for the new Minister of Defense, proposed by "We Continue the Change". This was announced by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday.

At an extraordinary sitting of the Council of Ministers, the government will discuss the resignation of Defense Minister Stefan Yanev and it will be voted on at an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly. This was announced by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in an extraordinary statement at the Council of Ministers.

The Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia after being painted in the colours of Ukrainian flag in 2014. Photo: Source, Wikipedia, Vassia Atanassova, CC BY-SA 3.0

"No one expected such a rapid and massive attack with casualties in Ukraine. One-third of the Ukrainian army has already been destroyed, there are explosions all over the country," Prime Minister Kirill Petkov told reporters in Brussels.

"The situation has changed completely and is very dramatic. The military aggression we are witnessing is absolutely unacceptable", said Prime Minister Kirill Petkov, who is taking part in a special European Council meeting on Russia's military aggression in Ukraine.

The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association expresses its sympathy to the citizens of Ukraine for the difficult situation in which they find themselves.

The organization stated that they are ready to accommodate Bulgarian refugees from Ukraine in hotel bases in our country and support the idea of ​​Prime Minister Kiril Petkov to do so with the financial support of the state.