According to reports, Musk met with Putin before posting a poll on the conflict.
Ian Bremmer said that Putin told Musk he was prepared to negotiate.
Musk denied that he had a meeting with Putin.
According to a leading political analyst, there was a private conversation between Musk and Putin before the peace plan was announced.
Ian Bremmer said in an email that he spoke with Musk two weeks ago. At the time, Musk told Bremmer that Putin told him that he was prepared to negotiate under the conditions that Ukraine remained neutral, that Russia's annexations of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia would not happen, and that the situation in the
According to Bremmer, Putin told Musk that he would accomplish these goals no matter what.
Bremmer said that Musk told him that Putin would retaliate with a nuclear strike on Ukraine.
Musk doesn't deny that he spoke with Putin.
A plan to stop the war was pitched by Musk last week.
Ukrainians and Russians have been referred to as one people by Putin. The Russian leader has used a distorted view of history to justify his country's invasion of Ukraine and the seizure of the peninsula of the Black Sea.
Ukrainian officials and diplomats were not happy with the billionaire's use of social media.
Musk has been outspoken about his increasing worries that the Ukraine-Russia conflict could escalate to nuclear levels, as Putin recently warned, and he has a front-row seat as the CEO of the company that operates the Starlink satellite network.
When asked if he met with Putin, Musk didn't reply. Musk denied that he had talked to Putin.
About 18 months ago, I spoke to Putin for the first time. Musk said the topic was space.
Business Insider has an article on it.