Bulgaria stands to receive about €500 million (£415 million) from its military support to Ukraine over the past three years. “By helping Ukraine, we are actually helping ourselves,” Atanas Zapryanov, the defence minister, said.

Military revenues are particularly important for Bulgaria, which is trying to reduce its deficit to 3% of GDP in order to join the eurozone on 1 January 2026. The government announced that it had received €174 million from Denmark as part of two contracts to send military aid to Ukraine, which will offset the country's budget deficit.