Bulgaria's parliament approved sending approximately 100 Soviet-made BTR armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, along with armaments and spare parts.
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Parliament approved with 148 votes in favor and 52 against a proposal to send about 100 armoured personnel carriers, armaments and spare parts to Ukraine
The decision on additional military assistance to Ukraine on 21 July was supported by 142 MPs from the GERB and the We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria parliamentary blocs, as well as the Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats and There Is Such a People party.
Bulgaria will provide armored vehicles equipped with weapons, as well as spare parts for their maintenance.
The APCs have been in the warehouse of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs since the 1980s.
This is the first time that Bulgaria has transferred armored vehicles to Kyiv directly, and not through intermediaries.
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