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There are 50 Bulgarians blocked in Moscow. This was announced at a briefing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bulgaria has closed its airspace to Russian aircraft and now there is a reciprocal measure. Russia made the same decision. This is the reason why our compatriots are blocked in the Russian capital, explained our Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska.
Our embassy in Moscow has received instructions to provide accommodation in a hotel for Bulgarian citizens. They are also being prepared to be transported by land to the nearest countries – probably Latvia or Estonia, Genchovska explained.
The Bulgarian Red Cross has taken the initiative to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The Bulgarian state will provide transport for humanitarian aid to the border with Romania, and there, together with the Romanian authorities, it will be moved to Ukraine, Genchovska added.
Due to the curfew, the buses that have to pick up the Bulgarians from Kiev still cannot enter the city, explained the director of the Situation Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anton Markov.
Genchovska was asked if military assistance had been requested from Ukraine.
“There is a note that was handed over by the Ukrainian ambassador to Bulgaria to the Ministry of Defense with the listed nomenclature. The Ministry of Defense is working on this nomenclature and a decision will be made soon on what to provide.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that Bulgarians in Ukraine who want to travel with their own cars in order to leave the country, it is best to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first so that they can help them with a safe route.
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