Zelenskyy's 5 decisions to strengthen the Defense Forces of Ukraine

First, indeed, training in training centers has already become more effective, but there are still things that need to be implemented. This applies to both combat training and psychological and motivational training. There should be more real combat experience of this war when training soldiers.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

As for the second decision, it is that the head of state ordered a significant increase in direct funding for brigades to purchase drones.

According to Volodymyr Zelensky, there is money for this.

The third — and this is what most brigades are talking about — is significantly more opportunities to buy pickup trucks. That is, there should be simplification of procedures and direct funding for units, just like for the purchase of drones, the Ukrainian leader explained.

The fourth solution is contracts 18–24. The President insists that the program be expanded.

He has already discussed certain options with his team, including increasing the age and the circumstances under which such a contract format could be concluded.

And the fifth is the sensitive issue of delaying the implementation of decisions on awards. Unfortunately, there are many cases when our soldiers from various components of the Defense Forces wait for months to receive state awards, and this is solely due to cumbersome bureaucratic procedures. I instructed to reduce the flow of documents, the number of various signatures and approvals as much as possible. We need to digitalize this area as well.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

As the head of state noted, the deadline for presenting ways to implement these decisions is Monday, August 11.