Steps and means needed to reinforce the Slovyansk and Kostyantynivka sectors have been identified at a meeting of Ukraine’s General Staff.

Axar.az reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his evening address.

“Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Drapatyi delivered a report – we identified the steps and means needed to reinforce the Slovyansk and Kostyantynivka sectors,” Zelensky said.

He thanked Ukrainian units “that are destroying the occupier and countering Russian assaults and Russian infiltration.”

“I expect that now, in August, no fewer than 30,000 occupiers will be eliminated,” the Ukrainian president said.

Zelensky also said that he and Defense Minister Denys Khmara had discussed Ukraine’s need for drones and other technological capabilities, as well as additional funding for the army.

He said Ukraine’s technological capabilities and defense operations must continue to grow, adding that decisions made since last autumn had enabled the country to shift to a “significantly more technologically advanced defense” this winter and spring.