Elon Musk invites Putin to duel: Winner’s Prize is Ukraine

World’s richest man Elon Musk has thrown a fighting challenge to Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, naming Ukraine as the winner’s prize.

In a post on Twitter Monday, Musk announced the challenge in a mix of English and Russian.

He wrote, “I hereby challenge Владимир Путин to single combat.” EM followed up by saying … “Stakes are Україна.”

The translation: he’s just asking Putin to rumble — noting that the winner takes Ukraine.

Elon Musk has directly involved himself with the conflict by offering Internet support and other tech resources to help Ukrainians deter Russia.

Just make sure Vlad and co. got the message, Elon asked … “Вы согласны на этот бой? @KremlinRussia_E.” That simply means, “Do you agree to this fight?”

Obviously, Elon seems to be kidding, reports TMZ.

“We don’t think he expects Russia’s President to take him on … but just for the sake of argument, ya gotta wonder who might take the W — because they each have some fighting experience.

Perhaps more famous in throwing down would be Putin … we’ve seen photos of the guy laying dudes out on the mat while dressed head to toe in martial arts gear, and he even has an honorary taekwondo black belt (which he was stripped of in the wake of him invading).

Less known is Elon’s training … he once told Joe Rogan that he trained in karate as a kid. On top of that, he said he’s also dabbled in taekwondo, judo and a little jiu-jitsu.

Read the full Tweet:

I hereby challenge
Владимир Путин
to single combat

Stakes are Україна

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022