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.

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.