Musk calls for Zelensky to quit, saying 'and so the slaughter continues' after Starlink row erupts
Elon Musk (left) with Donald Trump, US President, whose backing of Musk's broader position included saying Zelensky "could have ended the conflict many times" but prefers not to.Musk's post on X, made in the early hours of Thursday, came amid a deepening row over Starlink restrictions that Ukraine says are aiding Russian military operations.A fireball rises from the Yanos refinery near Yaroslavl during a Ukrainian drone strike in September, as Trump's recent diesel supply deal with Russia — lifting some sanctions — deepens the rift between Washington and Kyiv.Volodymyr Zelensky told Piers Morgan Ukraine was "not selling our country — it's our lives, our home, our children" before Elon Musk demanded his resignation.
Elon Musk publicly demanded Volodymyr Zelensky's resignation on X, posting "And so the slaughter continues… Time for Zelensky to go" in response to a clip from the Ukrainian president's interview with Piers Morgan, in which Zelensky insisted Ukraine was "not selling our country." The outburst came amid a bitter dispute over Musk's Starlink satellite service, which Ukraine says has been restricted in ways that aid Russian military operations.
Zelensky had called on Musk directly to fix Starlink's front-line failures, triggering the billionaire's furious string of posts on X.
Musk argued he proposed a Ukraine-Russia peace path as early as October 2022, and warned that "an entire generation" of young Ukrainians and Russians is paying the price for continued fighting.
The row erupts as Zelensky visited London on Wednesday to meet Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who pledged to accelerate delivery of British air defence missiles.
