Elon Musk proposes a peace plan for Ukraine and sends Kiev into a rage.
The proposal of the number one of SpaceX and Tesla - which speculates on Russian Crimea and a new referendum in the Donbass under the supervision of the UN - provoked the reaction on Twitter of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Which Elon Musk do you prefer? The one that supports Ukraine or the one that supports Russia?" Asked the president, proposing a poll that got almost 2 million votes, with a clear majority in favor of the first option.
"I am absolutely in favor of Ukraine, but I am convinced that a dramatic escalation of the war will cause enormous damage to Ukraine and the rest of the world," Musk replied, recalling that he made the Starlink satellite network available to Kiev.
"The costs incurred by SpaceX to make Starlink operational and support in Ukraine are so far around 80 million dollars. Our commitment to Russia amounts to zero dollars. Obviously, we are in favor of Ukraine - added Musk - but try to taking Crimea back will cause a huge number of deaths, the attempt will probably fail and there will be a risk of a nuclear war. All this would be terrible for Ukraine and the world. "
Even harsher tones against the tycoon were used by other Ukrainian exponents.
Musk "is trying to legitimize the farce referendums that have been staged amidst persecution, mass executions and torture? Bad road - was the harsh comment of Mikhailo Podolyak, Zelensky's adviser -. The hundreds of thousands of people who died in Mariupol will vote. "Those who ended up in concentration camps? Elon Musk, you create rockets and you dream of colonizing Mars. Russia creates mobile crematoria and dreams of Ukraine as a nation disappearing. It's not a question of voting."
"Those who propose to Ukraine to give up its people and land - presumably in order not to alter Putin's wounded ego or to save Ukraine from suffering - must stop using the word 'peace'