'Time for Zelensky to go': Musk calls for Ukrainian president to resign amid Starlink row
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 posted "And so the slaughter continues … Time for Zelensky to go" on X after Zelensky called on the SpaceX chief to fix Starlink restrictions that are hampering Ukrainian front-line operations. The post was a direct response to a clip from Zelensky's interview with Piers Morgan, in which the Ukrainian leader insisted he would not trade territory and that Ukraine was "not selling our country."
Musk argued that young Ukrainians and Russians alike are being killed in their thousands while the front lines barely shift, and that the peace terms he put forward in 2022 are now on the table regardless.
Zelensky visited London on Wednesday and met Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who pledged to speed up the supply of British air defence missiles and said Russia had responded to Trump's proposed energy ceasefire with fresh attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
