SpaceX chief acknowledges that his attempts to defuse the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have yielded no results

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has admitted his efforts to defuse the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have failed. The comments came as he discussed the risks of nuclear war on Twitter with tech entrepreneur and former Megaupload chief Kim Dotcom.

The dialogue took place as Western and Russian officials and experts weighed in on the possibility that the bloodshed in Ukraine could lead to a larger and even more destructive conflict.

“Damn it…even if Starlink continues to lose money and other companies receive billions from taxpayers [dollars]we will continue to fund the Ukrainian government for free,” Musk tweeted on Saturday.

The billionaire donated around 25,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals to Ukraine after Russia launched its military operation in the neighboring country in February.

Kim Dotcom, real name Kim Schmitz, replied: “In other words, you will continue your support for the US proxy war in Ukraine despite your better knowledge that this is a US proxy war and the risk of nuclear war because of the war by US proxy?

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“Damn if you do, damn if you don’t, then… guess I’m just damned,” Musk wrote in response.

Schmitz then praised Musk for coming up with ideas for a peace settlement between Moscow and Kyiv. “I believe in you. We are facing a nuclear war because of the reckless US foreign policy in Ukraine. You know that. ‘humanity’, he argued.

Musk replied: “I’m doing my best to defuse this situation and obviously I’m failing.”

Schmitz has criticized Washington’s response to the conflict in the past, saying the United States “caused this war and bears the brunt of the responsibility.”

Musk, meanwhile, came under heavy criticism in Ukraine and the West earlier this month for suggesting that, in the interests of peace, kyiv should recognize Crimea as Russian territory. As for the other four former Ukrainian territories admitted to Russia, the billionaire offered to “redo the elections of the annexed regions under the supervision of the UN.”

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