Elon Musk challenges Putin to 'single combat' over Ukraine

• Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to combat.
• He used Russian alphabets for Putin's name and Ukrainian language for "Ukraine".
• "Putin can win any battle against Musk", a response to the tweet reads.

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.”