Protests against arms supplies to Ukraine took place in more than 20 cities in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, thousands of people gathered for a nationwide campaign for peace and neutrality, demanding that the country's government stop supplying weapons to Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

The organizer of the campaign, which took place in Sofia and more than 20 other cities in Bulgaria, was the civil initiative “Mothers Against War”. Participants demanded that the Bulgarian government cancel the decision to provide military assistance to Ukraine, since this could drag the Bulgarian army into war.

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“The Bulgarian people are categorically against the supply of weapons to Ukraine. The USA and Europe want to supply weapons; they have already emptied their arsenals. The USA wants war against Russia. We are with Russia, which today defends the world,” say the organizers of the action.

They also stated that Sofia should call on Kyiv to stop the fighting and agree to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. According to protesters, arms supplies to Ukraine will not lead to peace; on the contrary, they will continue to increase tension throughout Europe.

“The conflict between two fraternal peoples is stimulated from the outside. We are also concerned by the fact that aggressive-minded people predominate in the People’s Assembly of Bulgaria,” said one of the activists.

“Mothers Against War” also began collecting signatures on a petition for a peaceful resolution of the military conflict and refusal to send weapons to Ukraine, as well as for Bulgaria to maintain neutrality. The petition will be submitted to the People's Assembly (parliament), the Council of Ministers and the President of Bulgaria.

A nationwide campaign for peace and neutrality took place in Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Silistra and other cities of Bulgaria, as well as in front of the Bulgarian Embassy in London. Several thousand people took part in them.

As PolitNavigator reported , Bulgarian President Rumen Radev refused to sign the declaration adopted by nine presidents of Central and Eastern European countries due to the section that discussed Ukraine's accession to NATO.