FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi visit an exhibition of new Ukrainian made drone-missiles Peklo dedicated to the Day of Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had issued orders to increase funding for equipping the country's brigades with new drones.
Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said he had received a report from Pavlo Palisa, a former military commander and the president's newly-appointed deputy chief of staff, to provide additional funding for drones.
