As tensions escalated between Trump and Musk, Russian official Dmitry Medvedev jokingly offered to mediate peace in exchange for Starlink shares, while another suggested asylum for the Tesla CEO.

Since last sitting down with Ukraine to talk peace, Russia has launched four of its five largest drone attacks against the country, killed more than 340 of its civilians and continued to peddle its false narrative about the unprovoked war it has been waging for more than a decade.