πŸ’° Ukrainian diplomat blasts Elon Musk with profanity over the billionaire's peace plan parroting Putin propaganda

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The billionaire CEO sent out a series of tweets to his millions of followers on Monday about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prompting backlash from experts and Ukrainian officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a presidential adviser, and Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, among others.Musk called for a vote as he tweeted a list of conditions he seemed to imply could lead to "peace" between Ukraine and Russia, including redoing the elections in regions recently annexed by Russia, recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea, assuring water supply to Crimea, and ensuring Ukrainian neutrality.β€”Π’ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ€ Π—Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠΈΠΉ (@ZelenskyyUa) October 3, 2022Musk's call for redoing the elections in recently annexed regions of Ukraine comes just a few days after pro-Russia proxies in four occupied regions in eastern and southern Ukraine held separate referendums on joining Russia β€” moves that Ukraine and the West widely slammed as illegal and illegitimate.Ukraine said the Russian proxies encouraged teenagers to vote in an effort to boost the appearance of increased participation, while residents described being forced β€” some at gunpoint β€” to vote.β€”Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 3, 2022Under the current circumstances in the war, with a Ukrainian counteroffensive progressing far better than expected, Kyiv also has no reason to negotiate for a peace settlement along such lines."

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