SOFIA: The US has agreed to supply a Stryker mechanised infantry firm for Bulgaria‘s battlegroup underneath NATO‘s drive to bolster its jap flank after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov mentioned on Saturday.
“The USA agreed to supply a Stryker firm,” he instructed a press convention with U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin. “This can be a sturdy signal to all of our allies in NATO.”
Bulgaria, as soon as Moscow’s closest ally through the Chilly Warfare period however a NATO and European Union member state, is establishing a battlegroup of as much as 1,000 troops underneath the operational command of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The battlegroup is predicted to host troops from different allied nations as effectively.
“I wished to underscore the significance of the announcement that Bulgaria has established and is main a NATO multinational battlegroup. It is a crucial step and we totally help it,” Austin mentioned.
Petkov mentioned Bulgaria would proceed to ship humanitarian assist to Ukraine and soak up Ukrainian refugees from the warfare, nevertheless it was not contemplating sending any weaponry to Kyiv in the interim as his Black Sea nation was too near the battle.
“The USA agreed to supply a Stryker firm,” he instructed a press convention with U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin. “This can be a sturdy signal to all of our allies in NATO.”
Bulgaria, as soon as Moscow’s closest ally through the Chilly Warfare period however a NATO and European Union member state, is establishing a battlegroup of as much as 1,000 troops underneath the operational command of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The battlegroup is predicted to host troops from different allied nations as effectively.
“I wished to underscore the significance of the announcement that Bulgaria has established and is main a NATO multinational battlegroup. It is a crucial step and we totally help it,” Austin mentioned.
Petkov mentioned Bulgaria would proceed to ship humanitarian assist to Ukraine and soak up Ukrainian refugees from the warfare, nevertheless it was not contemplating sending any weaponry to Kyiv in the interim as his Black Sea nation was too near the battle.
