President Zelensky signed a decree to establish a special command within the Ukrainian Armed Forces to coordinate long-range strike operations against Russia and concentrate all available resources to degrade Russian combat capability. He ordered reforms of assault units to form a modern, technology-driven joint rapid reaction force combining assault, artillery and unmanned combat assets for faster frontline response, and appointed Brig. Gen. Dmytro Voloshyn to lead it. Zelensky said constrained

President Zelensky signed a decree to establish a special command within the Ukrainian Armed Forces to coordinate long-range strike operations against Russia and concentrate all available resources to degrade Russian combat capability. He ordered reforms of assault units to form a modern, technology-driven joint rapid reaction force combining assault, artillery and unmanned combat assets for faster frontline response, and appointed Brig. Gen. Dmytro Voloshyn to lead it. Zelensky said constrained production capacity for US Patriot and European SAMP/T air-defence systems has prompted plans to develop a domestic air-defence and missile-interception capability.