Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova is safe after an incident in a church in Sofia. The diplomat announced this on Tuesday, December 6, on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”.
Earlier this day in Bulgaria, protesters blocked the road to the temple, in which Mitrofanova and Metropolitan Anthony (Sevryuk) of Volokolamsk were, reports Russian.rt.com/world/news/1082944-posol-rossii-bolgariya” target=”_blank”>RT.
“The church was blocked on one side. There were policemen there, so it didn’t seem to me that it was any kind of danger. They tried to somehow interfere with the liturgy, but this did not happen, ”said Mitrofanova. “360“.
The participants shouted anti-Russian slogans, according to the website kp.ru. Policemen were standing at the entrance to the temple.
Earlier, on November 22, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced the need to resolve the conflict in Ukraine through diplomacy. Radev believes that it is necessary to assess the scale of the destructive impact of the conflict on the economy of Bulgaria and the region. her food. Due to a change in the support program, some Bulgarian hotels have stopped feeding Ukrainian refugees, as the 15 Bulgarian leva (477 rubles) allocated by the state is not enough to cover the costs.
Before that, 3 November, the Bulgarian Parliament approved the supply of weapons to Ukraine. 175 deputies voted in favor of providing weapons to Kyiv, 49 voted against. In addition, the parliament demanded that the country’s government propose a package of measures for Bulgaria’s participation in the restoration of Ukraine and support Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights.
Russia‘s special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, continues. The decision to hold it was made against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
More For up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, see the Izvestia TV channel.