Zelensky caught in fiery conflict with Bulgarian counterpart over Ukraine struggle

A furious Volodymyr Zelensky hit out at his Bulgarian counterpart throughout a heated televised trade.

The chief of the war-torn nation confronted Rumen Radev’s opposition to arming Ukraine and his sympathetic stance in the direction of Russia.

During the conflict on the presidential palace in Sofia, Bulgaria, Mr Radev appeared visibly stunned by Mr Zelensky’s indignation, which was filmed by the cameras reporting the assembly.

During the encounter, the delegation from Kyiv sat silent and reverse to Mr Radev’s workforce, because the Bulgarian chief claimed there was “no military solution” to the struggle in Ukraine and that “more and more weapons will not solve it”.

Mr Zelensky’s rebuke was fast to observe, as he requested his counterpart how he would act in his place.

The Ukrainian chief stated: “God forbid some tragedy should befall you and you should be in my place. And if people with shared values do not help, what will you do? You would say: ‘Putin, please grab Bulgarian territory?’

“No, you, as an actual president, I’m certain you wouldn’t permit a compromise together with your independence.

“It is your proper to not help assist to Ukraine. But I would like you to grasp me appropriately.”

Mr Radev’s suggestion the “conflict” might come to an finish with a diplomatic repair was slammed by Mr Zelensky, who stated the Kremlin had launched a “war of annihilation against Ukrainians”.

In a stark warning to the Bulgarian chief, who’s at odds together with his personal pro-European Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov over supplying arms to Ukraine, Mr Zelensky stated: “I also want to tell you, whatever your army has in terms of munitions, it will not be enough to fight with the Russian Federation.

“You don’t have a nasty military, your persons are good however it will not be sufficient to struggle towards 160 million folks. That’s why it’s good to present [weapons] so [we] can defend [ourselves] and struggle doesn’t come to you.”

Mr Radev was additionally instructed he cannot help each Russia and a balancing place, because the Kremlin needs to “destroy NATO, Europe and the European Union”.

Mr Radev, however, has been extra equivocal on NATO over time, and has been cautious in describing throughout his assembly with Mr Zelensky the struggle in Ukraine as a “conflict” moderately than an unlawful full-scale invasion.

After Mr Zelensky’s pointy reply, the Bulgarian president requested the TV cameras to depart earlier than sharing his proposal.

The Ukrainian president visited Bulgaria to fulfill the pro-NATO and pro-EU administration of Mr Denkov, who assumed workplace on June 6.