Wednesday 30 November 2022

Amidst war, Ukraine minister makes appearance at U.S. tech fest

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An annual technology conference in Las Vegas that typically hosts coders and computer scientists had an unusual visitor: Mykhailo Albertovych Fedorov, one of Ukraine's three Vice Prime Ministers, and the war-ravaged country's youngest Cabinet minister at 31.

As Minister of Digital Transformation, Fedorov has for months appealed to Silicon Valley czars and technology leaders for help and assistance. In May, Mr. Fedorov tweeted out to Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, for help with restoring communication facilities after Russian attacks damaged their mobile and telecommunications infrastructure. This led to terminals from Mr. Musk's satellite company, Starlink, been shipped to Ukraine.