The lawmaker disagreed.
“With all due respect to Elon Musk, and I respect him, I would say he wishes to know the facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Graham tweeted Wednesday.
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Musk, who advocates a more democratic approach, said the United States deserves to respect the final results of some referendum elections in eastern Ukraine, which prompted several Ukrainian regions to vote to join Russia.
Experts believed that elections in 4 Ukrainian regions, where Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia had voted to join Russia, were orchestrated through the Russian government and carried out by pro-Russian separatists.
He said in a later tweet that Kherson and Zaporizhzhia “hardly need to register in Russia,” but that they were annexed through Russia “to secure a land bridge and water source to Crimea. “
In February, Russia invaded Ukraine when President Vladimir Putin claimed that Ukraine had not observed the effects of the elections on eastern regions that had also voted for Russia.
“Assuming you think the will of others matters, we should, in any given conflict region, the will of those who live there,” Musk tweeted in reaction to the South Carolina Republican.
Musk added: “Most of Ukraine is unequivocally part of Ukraine, but some parts of the east have Russian majorities and prefer Russia. “
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The Tesla founder also provided an unsourced election map, which he said shows eastern Ukraine’s interest in Russian.
A provocative plan by Graham Musk “stupid” and an “affront” to the defense of Ukraine for his country.
“For us to end the Russian invasion by simply giving Russia portions of Ukraine, after all the suffering, is nonsense,” Graham tweeted. “It is also an affront to the bravery of Ukrainians fighting to protect their homeland. “
Tesla and Space X billionaire entrepreneur and owner Elon Musk’s Twitter feed noticed this depiction photo. (STR/NurPhoto Getty Images)
Elon Musk’s Twitter profile on a phone screen and the Twitter logo. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto Getty Images)
The senator also shared his own concept for a solution: Russia abides by the terms of its own 1994 agreement, which included respect for the territorial integrity of eastern Ukraine and Crimea, he said.
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Graham ended the debacle by suggesting that the U. S. Focus on converting the electric vehicle tax credit, which aims to allow more Americans to buy electric vehicles, as it benefits Tesla, owned by Musk.
“While we’re at it, maybe Congress will review the electric vehicle tax credit mess. This is where credits now only benefit electric vehicle brands that have higher costs than tax credits,” the lawmaker says.
He added: “This can be a smart way to save money by applying that budget for Ukrainians to protect their homeland. “
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The Kremlin had in the past come out in favor of Musk’s theoretical proposal.
“It is very positive that, like Elon Musk, he is seeking a non-violent solution to this situation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Reuters.
“Compared to many professional diplomats, Musk is looking for tactics to achieve peace. And achieving peace without complying with Russia’s situations is surely impossible,” he added.
The Ukrainian government officially recognizes the effects of the referendum elections, which the United States and the West have called a farce.