Brigadier General Sławomir Kozicki, Deputy manager of the MON Budgetary Department, provided the following information: **“We are not talking about any simplification in defence spending,** about any simplification in the budget of the National Defence Ministry, and this budget, with our estimates going on, will grow year-on-year. We are presently awaiting confirmation of the defence expenditure limit by the Ministry of Finance. erstwhile we receive specified limits, we will proceed with the budgetary planning process.".