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Bulgaria, over 180,000 Ukrainians with temporary protection

(ANSA) - SOFIA, 27 APR - Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the Bulgarian Refugee Agency has granted temporary protection to more than 180 thousand Ukrainians who arrived in the country after the Russian invasion, of whom more than 30 thousand are men between 18 and 60 years of age, i.e., obliged to military conscription.An additional 2,700 men from Ukraine have been registered in Bulgaria since the beginning of the year.They avoid talking about the new Ukrainian mobilization law but 'off the record' admit they do not want to go to the front to fight. This is noted in a report broadcast last night on Bulgarian national TV Bnt, dedicated to the Kiev-wanted suspension of consular services abroad for male Ukrainians of military conscription age. The suspension will be effective until the new law on the mobilization of civilians in the armed forces comes into force on May 18. "People don't want to die, if they send you to the front you will be killed, and for nothing," declares 19-year-old Ukrainian Oleg before the cameras. Oleg arrived in Sofia a year ago and works in an auto repair shop. "I have a cousin who died in the war. My place is not at the front, I am not prepared to fight in a war," Oleg adds. (ANSA).