Bulgarian MPs vote on military assistance to Ukraine

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Bulgarian MPs vote on military assistance to Ukraine

With 148 votes for GERB-SDS, We Continue the Change, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Democratic Bulgaria and Bulgarian Rise supported the draft decision to render military and military-technical assistance to Ukraine in response to the parliamentary decision from November 3 for bolstering Bulgaria's defence capabilities.

46 MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP and Vazrazhdane voted against, and 1 from We Continue the Change abstained. One MP, Yavor Bozhankov, voted for military aid from the Bulgarian Socialist Party. I am absolutely convinced of my position, with a clear understanding of what the consequences might be for me, but I am convinced that Russia is not going to win this war, Yavor Bozhankov stated in plenary. After making this statement, the BSP parliamentary group voted unanimously to expel Bozhankov and urged him to leave parliament and open a seat for the next person on the party ticket.