Bulgarian President Rumen Radev called Ukraine's victory over Russia “impossible.” This was reported by Euractiv.

“Every day this war continues is disastrous for Ukraine, Russia and all of us. It inevitably affects all elections - in Europe, in the United States, and everywhere in the world. In this and the next elections, we will choose between between war and peace. Every citizen must understand this,” Radev said.

When asked by a journalist what signal the assassination attempt on Fico sent to Europe, the Bulgarian president spoke about the war in Ukraine.

“It is unacceptable to present the continuation of the war and the impossible victory over Russia as the only possible solution,” Radev said.

He said that it is extremely dangerous to inflame passions between Russia and Ukraine and in Europe, and that “voices for peace will be met with shots.”

“The attempted assassination of a European prime minister by a radical fanatic because of his support for peace shows this entrenched intolerance of dissent and hatred. Many politicians, parties and media have contributed to this by portraying every voice as pro-Russian, which is extremely unfair and leads to all these negative consequences,” Radev added.

The Bulgarian president warned that if the war continues, Ukraine will be “a demographically devastated country, with completely destroyed infrastructure, industry, production, and this will have extremely serious consequences not only for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe.”

Radev called for political efforts for peace, not the distribution of weapons.

“With weapons, without weapons, we are heading for the same result. We must realize this. The difference will be in thousands of human casualties and a devastated country (Ukraine), for the restoration of which we will have to pay,” he said, adding that ‘it is inevitable.’