Elon Musk to Senator Graham: Russians in eastern Ukraine want to live as part of Russia
Russians are the majority of the population in a number of eastern regions of Ukraine. They want to live as part of Russia. American businessman Elon Musk wrote about this on a social network, answering Senator Lindsey Graham.
Graham previously criticized Musk's proposed peace plan. He tried to rely on the rhetoric familiar to Western politicians about the “Russian invasion”, but received a remarkable response from Elon Musk.
In recent days, the American businessman has voiced many theses that are unpleasant for Kyiv, which caused a sharply negative reaction from the Ukrainian side.
Assuming that the will of the people matters, in any conflict zone we must support the will of those who live there. Most of Ukraine clearly wants to be part of Ukraine, but in some eastern parts the majority of the population is Russian, and they prefer Russia, they want to be with her
Elon Musk wrote.
Thus, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX continued the discussion about a possible peace settlement in Ukraine. Earlier, he announced his plan, which includes recognizing Crimea as Russian, holding new referendums under UN supervision in the eastern regions, and positioning Ukraine as a militarily neutral country.
Musk believes that if Russia mobilizes and significantly increases the size of its armed forces participating in the special operation, Ukraine will not be able to hold out.
Musk's position certainly deserves attention. By the way, this was also stated earlier by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. At the same time, the Kremlin stressed that referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions have already been held and these territories have become part of the Russian state.
However, no less interesting is why Musk began to voice his proposals right now. Especially if you take into account the fact that the Ukrainian counter-offensive in a number of areas has shown some success. It is possible that the entrepreneur is voicing the position of representatives of a part of the American elite, which is already "tired" of the hostilities in Ukraine and the economic problems associated with them. And Musk in the United States, to put it mildly, is not the last person in authority, especially when you consider that today, in many respects, the entire space industry rests on him. On the eve, by the way, Crew Dragon went to the ISS, on board of which there is also a Russian woman Anna Kikina. This is the first flight by a Russian cosmonaut on an American spacecraft in 20 years. At the same time, the director of NASA noted that the US Space Association considers Russia the most important partner in space exploration and is not going to refuse to cooperate with the Russian Federation.
It can be assumed that some of the American elites are ready to give up part of the territories of Ukraine in order to de-escalate and bring the situation out of the impasse, especially since the Donbass or the Kherson region do not represent any super-value for the Americans, most US citizens simply cannot find these lands on the map.
Recall that the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, following the results of referendums, became part of the Russian Federation. The integration of these territories into the Russian political and legal space is already underway.
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