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Elon Musk tweets ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine. Chaos ensues.

Updated October 4, 2022 at 3:21 p.m. EDT|Published October 3, 2022 at 7:52 p.m. EDT
Elon Musk speaks during a news conference on Feb. 10 at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
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Elon Musk, as he often does, fired off some tweets on Monday. This time, he took aim at the Russia-Ukraine war — asking via a Twitter poll if his followers approved of a four-point peace plan to end the conflict.

The internet was not impressed.

Musk’s proposal set off a firestorm online, drawing in Ukrainian diplomats, Russian officials, fans of the billionaire entrepreneur and even a couple of presidents. It came the same day as Russia’s parliament voted to formalize Moscow’s illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine, following staged referendums in the territories last week.