On October 3, Elon Musk excited the Ukrainian public with several posts on Twitter regarding
What is known
Elon Musk has published four points that, according to the businessman, can end the war:
- new elections in the annexed territories under UN supervision;
- Crimea remains part of Russia;
- providing Crimea with water;
- Ukraine remains neutral (probably, we are talking about not joining NATO).
Well, then the USA have to return back under theBritish crown as it was before 1776, return Texas and Nevada to Mexico as it was before 1845 or even more – all white people who colonized America, have to get back to Europe and leave America for Indians.⬇️
— Raguli ???????? Twitter (@ragulivna) October 3, 2022
At the time of writing, 63.2% of 1.6 million users disagreed with the American billionaire. President Zelensky also reacted to Elon Musk's post.
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— Melanie Podolyak (@MelaniePodolyak) October 3, 2022
In addition to Zelensky, many famous Ukrainians responded to Musk’s survey. For example, Permanent Representative to the UN Sergei Kislitsa…
Next time I need a plumber I call @elonmusk Hedoesn't do plumbing?! Then what the heck’s the matter, why does he speak of international relations and internl law? Btw a good plumber is better than Musk’s secondhand opinions on illegally occupied territories of a foreign nation https://t.co/iuEprQUmI4
— Sergiy Kyslytsya (@SergiyKyslytsya) October 3, 2022
… and former President Petro Poroshenko.
It’s certainly sad that Russian propaganda works even on the brightest minds… @elonmusk
— Petro Poroshenko (@poroshenko) October 3, 2022
Musk later added that the war in Ukraine couldescalate into a nuclear war, although the likelihood of such an outcome is small. The head of Tesla also published a manipulative survey about whether residents of Crimea and Donbass should decide for themselves which country to remain part of. Paul Massaro, senior policy advisor to the US Helsinki Commission, proposed his own version.
Let’s try this then: Russia leaves Ukraine immediately, pays reparations, decolonizes, demilitarizes, and denuclearizes
— Paul Massaro (@apmassaro3) October 3, 2022
In addition, Elon Musk recalled that Russia is mobilizing, emphasizing that three times more people live in the Russian Federation than in Ukraine. But the National Guard of Ukraine reacted to this tweet.
>3 times – 60000
— NSU (@ng_ukraine) October 3, 2022
Ukrainian volunteers Sergey Prytula and IgorLachenkov, who raised $20 million for three Bayraktar TB2s in a few days in the summer, decided to open a collection for a history textbook for Elon Musk. In 20 minutes, Ukrainians transferred ₴1 million ($27,000) to Monobank. At the time of writing, more than ₴1.7 million ($46,000) has been raised. Note that almost all funds, with the exception of the cost of the textbook, will go to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.