Elon Musk spoke to Vladimir Putin before tweeting his peace plan for the war in Ukraine, a report has said.
The Tesla CEO’s peace suggestion included Ukrainian territory being handed over to Russia.
Eurasia Group subscribers were sent a report in which Ian Bremmer wrote that Mr Musk told him that the Russian president was “prepared to negotiate” if the Crimean peninsula remained in Russian hands, Vice reported.
Other conditions included that Ukraine retains permanent neutrality and that Ukraine recognises the Russian annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Mr Bremmer reports that Mr Musk said that Mr Putin told him that these targets would be reached “no matter what”.
This includes the possible use of nuclear weapons if Ukraine invades Crimea. The peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014.
According to Mr Bremmer, Mr Musk said that “everything needed to be done to avoid that outcome”.
Mr Musk tweeted very similar suggestions for peace in Ukraine last week, adding the suggestion that the referendums conducted in the annexed areas, which have been denounced as sham votes by both Ukraine and the West, be conducted again under the leadership of the United Nations.
Ukraine-Russia Peace:
– Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia leaves if that is will of the people.
– Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake).
– Water supply to Crimea assured.
– Ukraine remains neutral.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2022
Previously this year, Mr Musk challenged Mr Putin to “single combat”. This month, he tweeted “we talked via videoconference last year”.
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