Hereby challenge Putin to single combat, stakes are Ukraine: Elon Musk

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk today said he was challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to a single combat over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reports Business Insider.

"I hereby issue a single combat challenge to Vladimir Putin. Ukraine is on the line," Musk said in a bizarre tweet on Monday, writing Putin's name using Russian alphabets.

In a follow-up post later, Musk tagged the Russian presidency's official Twitter account and asked, "Do you consent to this fight?"

The SpaceX boss, however, did not go into any further detail regarding how this will actually take place, reports Business Insider.

I hereby challenge
Владимир Путин
to single combat

Stakes are Україна

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022

On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine.

Soon after the invasion, Musk shipped Starlink systems to Ukraine to give internet connection.

Also lately, SpaceX took a shot at Russia.

In reaction to US sanctions, Dmitry Rogozin, the president of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, warned earlier this month that Russia would no longer deliver rocket engines to the US, reports Business Insider.

"Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks. I don't know what," he said.

"Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom," SpaceX's launch director said in response as the company launched Starlink satellites on Wednesday.