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Elon Musk in row with Zelensky over Russia 'peace plan'

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits the construction site of Tesla" s="" Gigafactory="" in="" August="" EPA-EFE="" Patrick="" Pleul="" POOL="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/04/22/tesla-ceo-elon-musk.jpg"/><figcaption>Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits the construction site of Tesla&#x27;s Gigafactory in Gruenheide, Germany, 13 August 2021. <em>EPA-EFE/Patrick Pleul / POOL/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>KYIV, Ukraine - US billionaire Elon Musk was embroiled in a social media spat with Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday over his ideas on ending Russia&#x27;s invasion.</p><p>Musk sparked the controversy on Twitter by proposing a peace deal involving re-running under UN supervision annexation referendums in Moscow-occupied Ukrainian regions, acknowledging Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula and giving Ukraine a neutral status.</p><p>The Tesla and SpaceX founder created a poll to let his more than 107 million followers vote on the idea.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky answers questions of journalists during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion. Sergey Dolzhenko, EPA-EFE " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/05/05/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-epa-efe.jpg"/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky answers questions of journalists during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion. <em>Sergey Dolzhenko, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Zelensky responded with a Twitter poll of his own, asking: &quot;Which @elonmusk do you like more?&quot; with the options &quot;One who supports Ukraine&quot; and &quot;One who supports Russia&quot;.</p><p>Kyiv&#x27;s ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk replied bluntly: &quot;My very diplomatic response (to Musk) is to get lost.&quot;</p><p>Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak suggested a &quot;better peace plan&quot; under which Ukraine took back its territories including Crimea, Russia was demilitarised and denuclearised and &quot;war criminals&quot; faced an international tribunal.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/24/22/ukraine-will-fight-until-the-end-zelensky">Ukraine will fight &#x27;until the end&#x27;, Zelensky says on Independence Day</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/01/22/russia-vetoes-un-bid-against-ukraine-annexations">Russia vetoes UN bid against Ukraine annexations as China abstains</a></li></ul><p>Musk later said Moscow could announce a full mobilization, leading to a &quot;full war&quot; where &quot;death on both sides will be devastating&quot; given Russia&#x27;s far larger population.</p><p>&quot;Victory for Ukraine is unlikely in total war. If you care about the people of Ukraine, seek peace,&quot; he wrote on Twitter.</p><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Ukraine to cease hostilities and negotiate after ordering a partial mobilisation to bolster his forces and threatening to use nuclear weapons.</p><p>Zelensky has said he will never negotiate with Russia as long as Putin remained its leader.</p><div><strong>bur-pop/imm/raz</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><p>embed as ivs</p>

US billionaire Elon Musk was embroiled in a social media spat with Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday over his ideas on ending Russia's invasion.