Elon Musk
(Picture: AP)Billionaire Elon Musk received a blunt four-letter response from a diplomat to his tweet suggesting he could end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Andrij Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, hit back at the Tesla boss’s peace proposal tweeting: “F**k off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also took to social media to post the question: “Which Elon Musk do you like more? The one who supports Ukraine? The one who supports Russia?”
SpaceX founder Musk suggested to his 107 million followers on Monday that recent referendums held by Vladimir Putin on whether to annex four regions of Ukraine, including the Donbas, should be redone under the supervision of the United Nations.
The polls have been dismissed by the West as a rigged election but Musk said Russia should leave Ukraine “if that is will of the people.”
Ukraine-Russia Peace:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2022
- Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia leaves if that is will of the people.
- Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake).
- Water supply to Crimea assured.
- Ukraine remains neutral.
Under Musk’s peace deal, Crimea - a region Russia annexed in 2014 - would formally become part of it, with Ukraine no longer laying claim to the territory. Water supplies to Crimea would be “assured”.
He also proposed that Ukraine would remain neutral in global affairs. The country’s relationship with the West, including Britain and the US, has long been a point of tension with the Kremlin.
The Russian president has threatened to use “all the means at our disposal” if his country is threatened, seen as a sign that he could use tactical nuclear weapons in response to attacks on parts of Ukraine he has annexed.
