Left: Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Right: Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov addresses service members while making a statement, d<\/span> (Patrick Pleul\/Pool via Reuters\/File Photo, REUTERS\/Chingis Kondarov)<\/span><\/p>\n The solution, he suggested, would be to train at the "Russian Special Forces University," which he claimed "beat U.S. special forces in 2015 like it was nothing." Or to attend the Akhmat Fight Club, where he could toughen up both physically and mentally, gaining "nerves of steel." The third option, Kadyrov suggested, would be to learn about American "black PR" and social media management at the Grozny Chechen State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. <\/p>\n Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov addresses service members while making a statement, dedicated to a military conflict in Ukraine, in Grozny, Russia February 25, 2022.\u00a0<\/span> (REUTERS\/Chingis Kondarov)<\/span><\/p>\n "You will return from the Chechen Public a completely different person Elona, that is, Elon," Kadyrov concluded.<\/p>\n After Kadyrov’s message, Musk changed his name on Twitter to "Elona Musk." He also tweeted a photo of himself firing off the $500 flamethrower he had manufactured by The Boring Company in 2018alongside a digitally altered photo of Putin riding a bear through a river.<\/p>\n ELON MUSK CHALLENGES VLADIMIR PUTIN TO DUEL OVER UKRAINE<\/strong><\/p>\n "Thank you for the offer, but such excellent training would give me too much of an advantage," Musk replied. "If he is afraid to fight, I will agree to use only my left hand, and I am not even left-handed."<\/p>\n Musk has been vocal since the start of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, calling on the Biden administration to green-light increased domestic oil production even though it would ostensibly hurt his business as the country’s leading manufacturer of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a journalist’s question during a joint news conference with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its a<\/span> (Yuri Kochetkov\/Pool Photo via AP \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n CHECHEN HIT SQUAD SENT TO MURDER ZELENSKYY ELIMINATED, TOP UKRAINIAN DEFENSE OFFICIAL SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n He also sent SpaceX’s Starlink equipment to Ukraine and launched dozens of new satellites to get around an internet blackout and keep the country’s occupants connected and able to communicate in and out of their besieged homeland.<\/p>\n Then on Monday, he challenged Putin to a duel.<\/p>\n In the weeks since Russian forces entered Ukraine on Feb. 24, their military advance has stalled while strikes on civilian targets have increased – taking out hospitals, apartment buildings and civilians buses. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/931\/523\/Musk-Kadyrov.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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