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Bulgaria’s PM at European Council on Ukraine: ‘We are united’

February 17, 2022February 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, attending a special European Council meeting on February 17 on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, told reporters:

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Bulgaria 

Stoltenberg: Nato considering establishing new battlegroups in central and south-eastern Europe

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato defence ministers have decided to develop options for further strengthen Nato’s deterrence and defence, including considering establishing new battlegroups in

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry on Ukraine: Bulgaria condemns aggressive actions of Russia

February 16, 2022February 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria condemns the aggressive actions of the Russian Federation, which are leading to an unprecedented escalation of military tensions in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security council agrees military modernisation, spending, should be stepped up

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

A five-hour meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security, prompted by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, produced little that had not

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Bulgaria 

Nato: Russia still has time to step back from the brink

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on February 15 that there were signs from Moscow that diplomacy should continue, saying

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian ambassador welcomes Bulgaria’s support for sovereignty, territorial integrity

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s ambassador in Sofia, Vitaliy Moskalenko, has expressed appreciation for the diplomatic and moral support given by Bulgaria as his

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Bulgaria urges its citizens to leave Ukraine

February 12, 2022February 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on February 12, called on its citizens who are in Ukraine to leave that

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Bulgaria 

US delegation to visit Bulgaria for talks on Russian aggression towards Ukraine

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

US State Department counsellor Derek Chollet is to lead an inter-agency delegation to Sofia, Bucharest, and Brussels from February 7 to 11 to engage with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM in talks with Nato chief on Russian troop build-up on Ukraine’s border

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov discussed the continuing build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine in a video

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