{"id":60686,"date":"2026-08-21T10:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60686"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:44:20","slug":"ukraines-ousted-defence-minister-plans-us-trip-to-raise-project-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60686","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine’s ousted defence minister plans US trip to raise project funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Reuters) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KYIV, Aug 21 – Ousted Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov will go to the United States to raise money for new \u200bdefence technology projects as he seeks new ventures after \u200closing his post, a source close to the former minister told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fedorov’s dismissal from the defence ministry in July led to weeks of protests in \u200bKyiv and other Ukrainian cities calling for his reinstatement although they \u200bhave now died down<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a rupture with President Volodymyr \u2060Zelenskiy on Tuesday, Fedorov became the first leading Ukrainian political \u200bfigure to call for wartime elections, which are prohibited under the constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u200bsource denied earlier media reports that Fedorov was going to the U.S. to seek political support for his election call, and said that the tech-savvy, reform-minded \u200bformer minister would not be meeting U.S. politicians or officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fedorov \u200bis planning to launch a range of projects related to the war and \u200cto \u2060Ukrainian startups,” the source said, without providing any dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the projects would be an investment fund, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A proponent of new military technologies and drone warfare since Russia’s 2022 invasion<\/a>, Fedorov has \u200bclose ties to \u200bU.S. companies such \u2060as SpaceX and Palantir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A personal appeal he made to SpaceX owner Elon Musk led to Starlink \u200bservices being turned on over Ukraine at the beginning \u200bof \u2060the war. Tens of thousands of the company’s satellite internet terminals are now the lifeblood of Ukrainian battlefield communications and important for piloting \u2060drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u200bsource said Fedorov was continuing to talk \u200bto Musk about Starlinks, but that no meeting between the two men was currently \u200bplanned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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