More than 100 brigades are currently deployed on the battlefield and each of them requires additional equipment before the number of personnel is increased, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Tuesday.

"We have heard the signals regarding the age of our servicemen, the draft age and so on many times. […] From both the former [U.S.] administration and NATO representatives. […] I will not give you the exact figure, because this is dangerous, but we have more than 100 brigades deployed on the battlefield and each of these brigades needs additional equipment every day," he told reporters ahead of a meeting with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Kyiv.

According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, the head of state also pointed out that a large number of brigades "constantly need to repair something" and that is why there is always a lack of some equipment.

"Therefore, when we speak about increasing the number of our people [in the army], we should understand that, first of all, our brigades do not have enough equipment today. We should provide our brigades with necessary equipment. Our partners have already got all these requests," Zelenskyy said.