Maye Musk was not amused when son Elon, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, recently tweeted “If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya”. 

She replied “That’s not funny” and followed it with two emoticons expressing displeasure. 

The entrepreneur, who recently closed a $44 billion to acquire Twitter, quipped back “Sorry! I will do my best to stay alive.” 

Musk’s comment comes after he was threatened by a Russian official for Starlink satellites providing internet access to the “Nazi Azov Battalion“, thus supplying “fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment”. 

The self-proclaimed free speech absolutist offered Starlink’s internet access in the initial days of Russia invading Ukraine and has now responded to the criticism against him, saying “The word “Nazi” doesn’t mean what he seems to think it does”, referring to the Russian official who accused Musk. 

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However, the Azov Battalion, which was formed as a response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, and then the insurgency in Donbas, includes members from the Patriot of Ukraine gang and the Social National Assembly (SNA). They are far-right individuals, and as of 2016, the Azov Battalion was recognized as a “dangerous organisation” by Facebook, and in 2019, it was banned, after being equated to the Islamic State (IS). However, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, there has been a stance reversal, with the social media platform allowing praise for the Azov Battalion. 

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Musk’s attempt to help Mariupol, the Azov Sea port city, come amid Russia announcing its “liberation” after months of indiscriminate shelling. While a group of civilians were initially trapped in the Azovstal steel plant, evacuation has been successful with many making it out of Mariupol. 

This is not the first time the billionaire has been drawn into the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A vocal supporter of the war-torn nation since the invasion began, Musk had previously challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a “single combat” where Ukraine as the stake.