Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska was widely applauded at the opening night of the Web Summit in Lisbon on Tuesday after calling for building technology that “saves people”.
“I think technology should be used to create, save and help people, not to destroy,” Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky’s wife told an audience of businessmen, investors and other digital specialists, gathered for the annual tech mass in Europe.
It had previously projected images of the damage from Russian missile and drone strikes that caused numerous civilian casualties in several cities across the country and led to power outages.
“Russian technology kills”
“Russia has put technology at the service of terror. What you see are the consequences of using this technology”, launched Olena Zelenska, a professional screenwriter, who has personally participated in several international events in recent months.
Her husband appeared earlier this year as a hologram at various tech and startup events, directly asking companies to help him rebuild his country.
“Experts say (Russian technology) is quite simple… But it’s enough to kill people,” he added, also citing research outlet Bellingcat’s investigation that Russian computer scientists would be actively involved in the war effort. .
“Specialists in Russia have chosen to be aggressors and murderers… Their profession, their field of expertise, is now a battlefield in the war Russia is waging against Ukraine,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
