I held a Staff meeting – focused precisely on the issues raised by our warriors on the frontline and which I had instructed government officials to work through. Decisions have been made. The first is an absolutely clear decision regarding pickup trucks, ATVs, and other such equipment that can now be purchased with direct funding for combat brigades. This will work in the same way as funds provided to brigades for purchasing drones. We are enabling the purchase not only of new pickup trucks, but also of those already in use. This is exactly what has been requested in every brigade. During the week, government officials will formalize the decision in documents, so that this opportunity becomes available already in August. Second – I gave instructions to significantly increase funding for combat units and to do so in a way that is fair, so that brigades truly get greater capabilities. The updated rules are as follows: 7 million hryvnias per brigade for each battalion engaged in combat operations, which means that funding will increase by tens of millions of hryvnias. Third – we are significantly simplifying and digitalizing the write-off process for equipment. The government will amend the relevant documents, giving more opportunities to corps commanders and brigade commanders. We are also shortening the write-off timeframes. Another sensitive issue concerns the award procedure. Unfortunately, the time between the nomination for an award and its actual presentation to the warrior is often several months, half a year, or even longer. I instructed to shorten the procedures as much as possible, remove unnecessary approvals and bureaucracy, and modernize the award documents. Everything must be brought up to modern standards. The Ministry of Defense has developed proposals on how to do this and what to shorten, and changes will be implemented in the near future. Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal will present all the details. The Staff meeting also included reports on several other issues that had been discussed with battalion commanders during my trips to the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. We remember every issue that was raised. We are preparing the decisions.(Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський)