Elon Musk Challenges Putin To Fight, With Ukraine As The Prize

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Monday challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a fight, with nothing less than the fate of Ukraine, scene of Moscow’s brutal invasion, at stake.

iexclusivenews reports that Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire and creator of rocket firm SpaceX. Took to Twitter to see whether Russian President Vladimir Putin, would put his mettle to the test in person. Rather than through his country’s military battling across the border.

“I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat. Stakes are Ukraine,” said Musk.

“Do you accept this fight?” he added in Russian, directly addressing the official English-language Twitter account of the 69-year-old president.

When one of Musk’s 77 million followers wrote that the Tesla founder might not have thought his challenge through, Musk said he was “absolutely serious.”

 

“If Putin could so easily humiliate the west, then he would accept the challenge. But he will not,” he added.

There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin.

The South African-born Musk, 50, had already offered his support for Kyiv, tweeting “Hold strong Ukraine” this month.

While also offering “my sympathies to the great people of Russia, who do not want this” war.

In response to a Kyiv appeal, he activated the Starlink internet service in Ukraine.

And dispatched equipment to help restore connectivity to areas affected by Russian military strikes.

On Twitter, Musk frequently raises eyebrows. In February, he accused the US Securities.

And Exchange Commission of attempting to stifle his free speech by imposing fines and restrictions on Musk and Tesla.

In a statement supporting opponents of government Covid limits, he compared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler.

He later deleted the post.