Elon Musk Challenges Vladimir Putin To A Fight Over Ukraine

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Billionaire and founder of SpaceX and Tesla has issued a challenge to the Kremlin's official Twitter account.

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“Stakes are Ukraine,” he said, writing the name of the country in Ukrainian.

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Mr. Musk then tweeted a whole statement in Russian in a follow-up tweet. "Do you agree to this fight?" he asked, tagging the Kremlin's official Twitter account in English.

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Who do you think would win?

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