The President of Bulgaria believes that EU support for Ukraine is “a causing cause to failure.” “Is Europe fearing the return of peace?”
The President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, criticized, during the Parade in Moscow, the support of the European Union for Ukraine, declaring that it is “a causing cause to failure.”
Rumen Radev Photo: EPA-EFE
Radev, former head of Aviation, elected president in 2016 and again in 2021, is one of the few leaders in Europe who has adopted a milder position than Russia from Ukraine's large -scale invasion in 2022, frequently talking against sending military aid to Ukraine, Politico reports.
“Europe does not have its own vision for the end of the war and for the establishment of peace but continues to invest in a cause that, in my opinion, is doomed to failure“, He said on Friday, May 9, in a Facebook post. He added that”Sending several weapons“In Ukraine will not bring Kiev closer to victory.
“The exact opposite happens every day, even more victims, even more damage, even more lost territories. Is Europe fearing the return of peace? Because the return of peace also means bringing public attention to crises that mocke into our countries and societies“He said.
Radev chose to express his criticism of EU help for Ukraine even on the day when Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated the parade of Victoria Day in Moscow. The drones used by the Russian army in Ukraine were presented for the first time at the military parade in the Red Square.
The President of Bulgaria also expressed other favorable points of view of the Kremlin, disregarding the possibility of a victory of Ukraine over Russia as “impossible.” In January 2025 he accused European leaders of “hundreds of thousands of victims” in Ukraine by encouraging the counter -offensive.
His sympathy against the Kremlin brought an acid reproach from the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, during a television meeting between the two leaders, which took place in 2023 at the Presidential Palace in Sofia.
“God forbid a tragedy will happen to you and get to my place … Would you say: Putin, please take the Bulgarian territory?“Zelenski asked with a sarcastic tone, after which Radev asked the journalists to leave the room.
