The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the major technology companies at a conference in the UK, appearing before the audience in the form of a hologram.

Referring to the movie "Star Wars", he tried to provide assistance to the country in the fight against Russia.

He told hundreds of people gathered at VivaTech that Ukraine offers technology companies a unique opportunity to rebuild the country in the form of full digital democracy.

⚡️Zelensky addresses Founders Forum in UK as hologram.

President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared as a hologram at the Founders Forum, a gathering of tech entrepreneurs in the UK, to call on Europe's tech leaders to help rebuild Ukraine and to announce a "digital lend-lease."

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"It is unusual for presidents or heads of government to use a hologram to address people, but this is not the only aspect of Star Wars that we have put into practice," he said.

"We will defeat the empire as well," said the head of the Ukrainian state, comparing Russian forces to the bad guys in the Star Wars movie.

Zelensky added that his government will present a concrete plan to create a digital government at a later conference in Switzerland.

"No other country in the world will offer you such an opportunity to use the most advanced technologies at the state level," he said, adding that "it is an experiment and a digital revolution, and the modernization of the existing system in it." at the same time ”.

Ukraine received praise for using technology during the war with Russia, using cryptocurrency communities to raise funds, and urging Starlink founder Elon Musk to provide Ukrainians with satellite Internet services.