TechCrunch - Elon Musk today waded into the Ukraine-Russia war with a peace plan that was … not very

Elon Musk today waded into the Ukraine-Russia war with a peace plan that was ... not very well received. It may have been a tactic to distract industry watchers from Tesla’s third-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022, which fell short of analysts’ expectations. But it was a knuckle-headed tactic if so, and one of a growing series of missteps that must have many in Musk’s sphere wondering what to do.The problem most immediately was a four-part proposal that Musk tweeted out to his 107 million followers on the platform, one that involved recognizing Russia’s claims to the Crimean peninsula — which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014 — and a commitment from Ukraine to remain neutral and not join NATO. (Ukraine applied for accelerated accession to NATO late last week.)Musk included a poll in this proposal, asking if people agreed or disagreed with his peace plan. Ukrainian diplomat Andrij Melnyk summed up widespread sentiment when he tweeted to Musk, “Fuck off is my very diplomatic reply to you in the bio to the full story! 👆 Image Credits: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP / Getty Images#TechCrunch #technews #ElonMusk #Ukraine
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