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For example, in France and the USA.
A few days ago it became known that former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov has become an advisor on defense innovations to the Italian minister of defense. He later said that he will consult for the ministry as an external advisor, remaining in Kyiv and focusing on developments and projects that will help strengthen the country’s defense capabilities. In a later interview with the FT he also noted that he would like to obtain advisor positions in other countries, in particular in the USA and France.
Using the example of Italy, Fedorov explained that advisory support can open up additional opportunities for Ukraine to cooperate with European states. In turn, those states can strengthen domestic capabilities on the air defense and missile defense track, which is critically important for Ukraine now, amid the escalation of Russian aerial terror.
Fedorov did not comment on his trip to the States or whom among Donald Trump’s administration representatives he met there. The ex-minister only noted that he would be glad to help the Americans create an "army of drones" in exchange for interceptors for Patriot, so that Ukraine would have a chance to survive the winter.
Earlier the FT wrote that he is currently seeking foreign investment to create the previously announced defense technologies fund. This project is meant to finance Ukrainian startups and companies that will develop promising types of weaponry.
As a reminder, 18 August Fedorov called on the authorities to start searching for a legal and safe mechanism that would allow elections to be held in Ukraine even if the war continues for several more years, and added that the Kremlin should not determine when Ukrainians can elect government again. He also spoke of a "systemic crisis of governance" in the state and reproached the Presidential Office for appointing "their own" people to important positions. In response, the OP noted that holding a vote under constant Russian attacks is a problem that cannot be solved by organizational decisions alone: "Let them hold it among the ballistic missiles, what can you say."
Fedorov’s rhetoric changed sharply after the president submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the nomination of Yevhen Khmara for appointment as defense minister — the next day the Rada supported him with 312 votes in favor. Prior to that, the ex-minister had said that he had been the person who valued him most on Zelensky’s team, and assured that he did not intend to join the opposition during the war.
Why Ukraine has reached an impasse and how to get out of it — in the article "The Degeneration of Power. How Zelensky Reached His Ceiling, and the State Governance System Hit Rock Bottom," reflects ZN.UA’s domestic politics editor Inna Vedernikova.
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