In the tension of the protracted Russia-Ukraine war, also stole the spotlight when the world's richest man, Elon Musk, has challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin openly and the bet for the winner is Ukraine.
The CEO of Tesla and the founder of SpaceX in his personal Twitter account has challenged President Vladimir Putin directly to a party and offer Ukraine as a gift to the winner of the fight.
In the tweet, Musk was seen writing in 2 languages, namely English and Russian.
I hereby challenge
Vladimir Putin
to single combat
Stakes are Ukraine
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022
One of Musk's 77 million Twitter followers has asked if he was playing around with the challenge, but Musk said he was 'serious'.
Musk was also seen provoking by asking if Putin was brave enough to take up his challenge and said if the President easily humiliated the West, then he must accept the challenge.
So far, the Kremlin has not responded to the challenge.
However, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, responded to the tweet in the Telegram in a mocking tone stating that the weight category (referring to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) weight) is both different and advised Musk to forget that wish because Putin is not his opponent.
In addition, Ukriane Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was seen jokingly supporting Musk while saying the millionaire could send Putin to Jupiter.
I am sure that @elonmusk can send Putin to Jupiter. https://t.co/bXxy7yaQxJ
- Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 14, 2022
For the record, Putin who is now 69 years old has a black belt in the martial art of Judo and co -authored a book entitled ‘Judo: History, Theory, Practice’.
Meanwhile, the 50-year-old Musk said that he had practiced in the martial arts of Karate, Teakwondo, Judo and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as a child.
It is common knowledge that Musk is a strong supporter of Ukraine by offering a lot of aid to Kyiv with his Starlink satellite.
In addition, Musk is also well known for his ‘crazy’ actions on his personal Twitter, in which he presses accusing the SEC of harassing him and comparing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler.
