Europe 1 with AFP 5:20 p.m., October 04, 2022

President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials debated on Twitter with US billionaire Elon Musk on Monday about the Russian invasion.

The boss of SpaceX left his Twitter followers the choice to vote "Yes" or "No" to a peace proposal between kyiv and Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials debated on Twitter with US billionaire Elon Musk on Monday about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Kyiv's ambassador to Germany going so far as to tell the SpaceX founder "to go be seen".

The exchange began with Elon Musk's proposal for peace between Kyiv and Moscow based on new UN-supervised referendums, the surrender of Crimea to Russia and a "neutral status" for the Ukraine.

Let's try this then: the will of the people who live in the Donbas & Crimea should decide whether they're part of Russia or Ukraine

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2022

The American billionaire left his Twitter followers the choice to vote "Yes" or "No" to this proposal.

"My very diplomatic response is to screw you"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded with another poll for his followers: "Which Elon Musk do you prefer, the one who supports Ukraine or the one who supports Russia?"

Presidential adviser Mykhaïlo Podoliak proposed "a better peace plan" with the "liberation of its territories by Ukraine, including annexed Crimea", a "demilitarization and denuclearization" of Russia and that the "criminals of war" be brought before international justice.

Which @elonmusk do you like more?

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 3, 2022

“My very diplomatic response is to go to see you,” launched for his part the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andriï Melnyk.

Fuck off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk

— Andrij Melnyk (@MelnykAndrij) October 3, 2022

Victory for Ukraine 'unlikely', says Musk

Elon Musk then argued that Russia could choose to lead a broader mobilization of its population for a "total war" that will lead to "a devastating death toll on both sides".

"A Ukrainian victory is unlikely in an all-out war. If you care about the Ukrainian people, seek peace," he wrote.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who decreed a "partial" mobilization and threatened to use nuclear weapons in the face of recent Ukrainian military successes, called on kyiv to "cease hostilities" and "return to the negotiating table".

Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that kyiv will not negotiate with Moscow as long as Vladimir Putin is president.