Bulgaria says it will no longer fund lethal weapons for Ukraine

That is according to a government press release issued on October 21, Ukrinform reports, citing Novinite . "Bulgaria will finance only non-lethal aid for Ukraine; furthermore, it will insist that Bulgarian funding be directed, as a priority, toward regions with an ethnic Bulgarian population," the government said. Rumen Radevs government justified the decision by citing Bulgaria's strategic interest in "ending hostilities near its borders and its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, while opposing prolonged military confrontation.