Ukrainian officials hit back at Elon Musk for mocking Volodymyr Zelensky
- Elon Musk posted a meme on his social media platform about Ukraine’s president
- Billionaire’s past statements and actions during war have sometimes angered Kyiv
Ukrainian officials reacted to a social media post by billionaire Elon Musk that made fun of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s repeated calls for Western military and financial aid to fight Russian forces.
Musk owns the social media platform X – formerly known as Twitter – where he posted a meme of Zelensky earlier Monday.
The caption read: “When it’s been five minutes and you haven’t asked for a billion dollars in aid”.
The Ukrainian leader and his top lieutenants have appealed to their allies throughout the war to secure billions of dollars of military aid to weather and push back Russia’s invasion.
The speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, hit back at Musk’s jibe with his own post on X.
“The case when …(Elon Musk) tried to conquer space, but something went wrong and in 5 minutes he was up to his eyeballs in sh**,” an apparent reference to SpaceX’s failed rocket launch in April.