(25 Feb 2025)
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Sofia – 24 February 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. People marching
2. People walking with flags in support of Ukraine
3. Close of people clapping and shouting "Victory"
4. Ukrainian Ambassador to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk speaking at protest UPSOUND (Bulgarian): ++UPSOUND STARTS ON SHOT 2 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 3 & PARTIALLY BY SHOT 5++
"Our struggle continues. We know that our Ukraine will survive with those who support us. The truth is on our side and we will surely win. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes and long live Bulgaria."
5. Various of people holding Ukrainian flags, posters reading "We stand with Ukraine"
6. Woman crying during gathering
7. People holding poster with photos of victims of the war, along with poster reading (Bulgarian) "Putin is a killer"
8. Protester holding Ukrainian flag
STORYLINE:
Bulgarians joined residents in other European nations on Monday to express solidarity as Ukraine marked three years since the start of Russia’s invasion.
Among the participants of the event were some of the 60,000 Ukrainians who fled to the Balkan country.
Many of them carried photographs of their loved ones who had died in battle.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk also participated and briefly addressed the crowd.
The peaceful march started at the government headquarters in Sofia, whose façade was lit up in the colors of the Bulgarian and Ukrainian flags.
The procession stopped in front of the Sofia office of the European Commission, where participants illuminated the building with their cell phones in unity and observed a minute of silence for the victims of the conflict.
Earlier on Monday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov reaffirmed his country’s support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
He told European leaders, who were attending talks in Kyiv, that Ukraine’s future lies in the “European family and the transatlantic community”.
AP Video shot by Valentina Petrova
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