KIEV, Nov. 5 – President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree on November 4 enacting a September 12 decision of the National Security and Defense Council on a package of measures to step up the state's defense capability and proposals to the clauses of the 2015 draft state budget dealing with national security and defense.

The corresponding decree was posted on the president's website on Tuesday.

"According to the National Security and Defense Council, the Cabinet was instructed to urgently reconsider the procedure for recruiting into the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations set up under the Ukrainian legislation, envisaging in particular short-term contracts for military service," the president's press service reported on Tuesday evening.