Elon Musk, Zelensky indulge in Twitter war over Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Elon Musk, Zelensky indulge in Twitter war over Russia-Ukraine peace plan
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Billionaire Elon Musk and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky have indulged in a squabble on Twitter after Musk requested Twitter customers to weigh in on a plan to cease Russia’s conflict in Ukraine. In a Twitter poll, Musk proposed UN-supervised elections in 4 occupied areas that Moscow final week moved to annex after what it called “referendums”.
“Ukraine-Russia Peace: Redo elections of annexed areas below UN supervision. Russia leaves if this is the need of the people, Crimea officially a part of Russia, because it has been due to the fact 1783 (till Khrushchev’s mistake), Water deliver to Crimea assured, Ukraine stays neutral,” Musk wrote on Twitter with a “sure or no” poll.
“This is relatively probable to be the final results withinside the cease – only a query of what number of die earlier than then,” he in addition added.
The Tesla Inc leader observed up with any other poll – “Let’s do this then: the need of the those who stay withinside the Donbas and Crimea ought to determine whether or not they may be a part of Russia or Ukraine.”
To this, Zelensky replied together along with his personal poll. “Which @elonmusk do you want more? – one that helps Ukraine, one that helps Russia,” he tweeted.
Musk in addition spoke back to Zelensky: “I nonetheless very a good deal help Ukraine, however am satisfied that big escalation of the conflict will purpose extraordinary damage to Ukraine and probable the world.”
In view of this social media conflict, Musk acquired a big backlash. Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said, “Dear @elonmusk, while a person attempts to scouse borrow the wheels of your Tesla, it would not lead them to the criminal proprietor of the automobile or of the wheels. Even aleven though they declare each voted in choose of it. Just saying.”
Ukraine’s outspoken outgoing ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk gave a harsh response to Musk’s “peace plan” poll, declaring that “no Ukrainian will ever purchase Tesla”.
