"We are not participating in a coalition that insists on continuing financial and military assistance to Ukraine. The solution to this conflict does not lie in prolonging it through military means, but in a strong diplomatic mission that will finally put an end to the escalation," said the head of the Bulgarian government to journalists on Tuesday (quote from Bloomberg). The current head of the Bulgarian government is known as a staunch critic of military assistance to Ukraine. Since taking office as Prime Minister in May, he has halted military aid to Kyiv, although he has not suspended arms sales. Radev has repeatedly rejected accusations that he holds a pro-Kremlin position on the issue of the war in Ukraine. According to the politician, he advocates for "pragmatic" relations with Moscow. Meanwhile, Bulgaria, which participated in previous meetings of the "coalition of the willing," did not have its representative at the recent meeting in Paris, where nine European countries united with Ukraine in yet another "coalition" — to combat Russian ballistic missiles, writes The Moscow Times.