President of Ukraine denied the words of his Bulgarian colleague Rumen Radev regarding Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The leaders met during Volodymyr Zelensky’s one-day visit to Sofia. At the meeting, the President of Bulgaria spoke again against sending weapons to Ukraine and called for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.

“The security situation is alarming in our region as well. The conflict is expanding its spatial scale”, - Radev said, repeatedly referring to the “conflict” and declaring that it is turning into a war of attrition and has no military solution, reports Radio Liberty’s Bulgarian service.

In response, Zelensky expressed hope that the people of Bulgaria “understand that this is not a conflict, but a war. During the conflict, millions of people do not leave the country”.

He also told Radev that there was a difference between opposing the sending of arms to Ukraine to prevent the weakening of Bulgaria’s own army and supporting the strengthening of Ukraine.

“What you have will not be enough for your army to fight Russia if it comes here”, - said the Ukrainian president.