Billionaire Elon Musk calls Russia and Ukraine 'cousins', criticizes the West for creating conflict

According to Inosmi (Russia), at a conference of the X platform (formerly Twitter), American billionaire Elon Musk shared his vision of the current world situation. According to Elon Musk, a third world war could happen, putting humanity in danger. He believes that the US has fallen far behind China and Russia in industrial production. In addition, Beijing and Moscow are forming a closer alliance to deal with the West.

“Russia has the raw materials, and China has the industrial potential. Honestly, this is an ideal combination from a military perspective. So I believe that we should not escalate tensions in the world, because it will cause a huge risk. The whole of humanity is at stake,” said Elon Musk.

The American billionaire said he “doesn’t see any benefit” in prolonging the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. According to Elon Musk, these are “cousins” countries. Therefore, Musk called for a peaceful solution to the conflict, as well as normalization of relations between Washington and Moscow.

“I think we should stop needlessly sacrificing young Ukrainians in the trenches. Instead, sign a ceasefire and start the process of normalizing relations with Russia. Both Russia and Ukraine are, literally, cousins. Ukrainians have relatives in Russia, and Russians have relatives in Ukraine. They were once residents of the same country,” billionaire Elon Musk shared.

So, according to Elon Musk, it is not natural that Russia and Ukraine became “enemies”. Although the two sides have disagreements, “they are really a family”.

“I think the West is pushing them into conflict with each other, and that's a mistake,” said Elon Musk.