Elon Musk is pushing back on a report that said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin before he tweeted a proposed peace treaty to end the war in Ukraine by giving land to Russia.
Ian Bremmer, the president of the foreign political consultancy firm Eurasia Group, first reported Monday that Mr. Musk told him about the correspondence with Mr. Putin as a part of a subscriber-only newsletter. The contents of the newsletter were later published by Vice News.
The outspoken Tesla CEO came away from the conversation saying that Mr. Putin was “prepared to negotiate” as long as Crimea remained Russian, Ukraine recognized Russian annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, and Ukraine accepted a form of permanent neutrality.