Elon Musk Spoke To Russian President Putin Before Ukraine Peace Proposal

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Elon Musk Spoke To Russian President Putin Before Ukraine Peace Proposal
12 Oct 2022
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News Synopsis

Tesla's Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before presenting a peace proposal on Twitter to end the ongoing war in Ukraine. This information has been given in a report published by Canadian-American News Vice (VICE). Musk, the world's richest man, last week reacted to Ukrainian officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his tweet, advising him to bring "peace" during the ongoing war between Moscow and Kyiv.

Musk, through his official Twitter handle, had attempted a Twitter poll calling for an end to Russian actions in Ukraine. Tesla's CEO formulated several ideas for conflict resolution, asking his followers to vote "yes" or "no" on his proposals.

Vice reported that "In a mail to Eurasia Group customers, Ian Bremer wrote that Tesla CEO Musk told him that Putin was "ready to negotiate", but with the condition that only Russia over Crimea and Ukraine accepts a form of permanent neutrality, as well as Ukraine recognizes Russia's annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya. Ian Bremer is an American political scientist and author who is responsible for global political risks. focus on.

According to Bremer, Musk said Putin told him that these goals would be met at any cost and even at the potential risk of a nuclear attack if Ukraine invaded Crimea. He wrote that the Tesla CEO told him that "everything needs to be done to avoid that outcome."

Earlier, outraged by Musk's remarks, the former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andries Melnik had strongly attacked Musk. Melnik used abusive language in a tweet and said this is my diplomatic reply to you. He said in another tweet, "The only consequence of this is that now no Ukrainian will ever buy your crap Tesla car. Good luck to you all."