'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 on X that "the slaughter continues" and it is "time for Zelensky to go," responding to a clip from Zelensky's interview with Piers Morgan in which the Ukrainian leader refused to cede territory to Russia. Musk's broadside came as a separate row over Starlink restrictions on the front lines intensified, with Zelensky urging the SpaceX chief to fix the communications blackout aiding Russian forces.
Zelensky told Piers Morgan Ukraine would not surrender land: 'We're not selling our country — it's our lives, our home, our children.'
Musk had previously proposed a Russia-Ukraine peace deal in October 2022, and says the world is now discussing his terms while hundreds of thousands have died.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who hosted Zelensky at Downing Street on Wednesday, refused to say Trump had betrayed Ukraine and insisted the UK would keep building bridges with Washington.
