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Elon Musk challenges Putin to 'single combat' over Ukraine

Billionaire Elon Musk challenged Vladimir Putin to a single combat in his tweet on Monday

Web Desk
March 15, 2022
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk look at his mobile phone during a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. — Reuters/File
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk look at his mobile phone during a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. — Reuters/File


TEXAS: Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a “single combat”, mentioning Kremlin Russia's official Twitter account.

On Monday morning, Musk posted a tweet using the Russian language for Putin’s name.

“I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat,” he wrote, adding “stakes are Ukraine,” (using Ukrainian alphabets for the word “Ukraine”.)

As a response to his tweet, one of the users said that the Russian president could win any battle against Musk easily. “If Putin could so easily humiliate the west, then he would accept the challenge,” Musk responded. “But he will not.”


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