Former Ukraine defense chief takes new role in Italy and pushes for tech fund

Ex-minister Fedorov is advising Italy's defense office while trying to start a new fund for war technology.

Ukraine’s former defense minister is moving into a new role. Oleksiy Fedorov has officially joined the Italian Defense Ministry as an adviser. Even with this new job in Italy, Fedorov is still focused on the war back home. He is currently working on a plan to start a "new history" for Ukraine's military. The main part of this plan is a new technology fund. Fedorov wants to use this fund to boost Ukraine’s drone technology. In fact, he has already offered to share some of Ukraine’s drone tech with the United States. In return, he is asking for Patriot missile systems, which are used to shoo…