Billionaire Elon Musk believes that the longer the war lasts, the stronger Russia will become
American billionaire Elon Musk believes that if the war with Ukraine lasts longer, Russia will achieve more and more favorable scenarios on the front lines.
SpaceX CEO, billionaire Elon Musk said that the longer the war between Russia and Ukraine lasts, the more advantageous Moscow will become over its opponent.
He made the above comment below a post on social network X about Russia's capture of the strategic stronghold Avdiivka in Donetsk on February 17.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had controlled the fire that Moscow had attacked for months and forced Ukraine to withdraw in chaos, causing Kiev to lose 1,500 soldiers in 24 hours.
Ukrainian and US officials attributed the fall of Avdiivka to a trickle of Western aid, while the Pentagon warned that the scenario of Kiev losing more territory could soon repeat itself in "many other areas along the front line." " if US lawmakers approve a proposal for a new $60 billion arms, ammunition and training package for Kiev.
In addition to ammunition shortages, Ukraine is also struggling with a lack of soldiers. The Washington Post said earlier this month that this "serious" shortage of manpower could lead to great disadvantages for Kiev on the entire front.
Billionaire Musk has repeatedly made comments about the war. He said that the scenario of Russia's failure is unlikely and that the West should aim to promote negotiations between Moscow and Kiev rather than continue to give more weapons to Ukraine.
Mr. Musk once caused controversy when he said that Ukraine needed to accept neutrality, make concessions to Crimea, and reorganize referendums in the four regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia on merging into Russia. Ukraine strongly criticized this proposal.
On February 17, Mr. Musk expressed his support for a post by American investor David Sacks, who said that the conflict was causing too much human damage to all sides and warned of a scenario in which Ukraine would be destroyed. devastating destruction when the war ended. Although there are some conflicts of opinion with Ukraine, Mr. Musk's role with Kiev is still very important.
SpaceX under Mr. Musk's management has donated 20,000 Starlink antennas to Ukraine since 2022. This is considered an essential means for Ukraine to establish a smooth communication system on the front line, guiding weapons to attack Russia. Moscow once warned of attacking SpaceX satellites because it believed these civilian targets were being used for military purposes against Russia.
In the context that Ukraine is seriously lacking ammunition to maintain the confrontation with Russia, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said over the weekend that this NATO country will transfer all of its artillery to Ukraine.
If you ask the Ukrainians now, they are asking us for ammunition, artillery. From the Danish side, we decided to donate all of our artillery to Ukraine," Ms. Frederiksen declared, adding that other EU member states should follow suit.
"I think Europe still has ammunition. This is not just a production problem because we have weapons and ammunition that do not need to be used at the moment, which we should give to Ukraine," she said. Moscow has repeatedly criticized the West for providing weapons to Ukraine, saying this will only prolong the conflict.