Chechen chief and self-proclaimed “Putin’s foot solider” Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that his Tesla Cybertruck utilized in fight in Ukraine was remotely disabled by Elon Musk.
Final month, we reported on Kadyrov, who has been ruling over the Chechen Republic for greater than a decade, taking supply of a Cybertruck and outfitting it with a machine gun.
The report was controversial for a number of causes.
First off, it’s unclear how Kadyrov obtained a Cybertruck as sanctions in opposition to Russia and him particularly ought to have prevented it. Additionally, the Chechen chief claimed that he was sending the Tesla Cybertruck to Ukraine to hitch the Russian struggle effort.
Lastly, Kadyrov insinuated that the Cybertruck was gifted to him by Elon Musk – one thing the Tesla CEO shortly denied.
Just a few weeks later, Kadyrov claimed that the Cybertruck joined the struggle effort in Ukraine, however he posted on Telegram at present that it was “remotely disabled by Elon Musk”. This time, he additionally extra clearly claimed that Musk gifted him the Cybertruck:
“Now, just lately, Musk remotely disabled the Cybertruck. That’s not a pleasant factor for Elon Musk to do. He provides costly presents from the underside of his coronary heart after which remotely switches them off. That’s not manly. We needed to tow the iron horse. How might you do this, Elon?”
RT, which acts as a propaganda arm for Russia, reported that the “distant deactivation has been defeated” and that the Chechen chief is sending two extra Cybertrucks to Ukraine.
That they had footage of two Cybertrucks driving round with machine weapons:
Any report from RT ought to be taken with a grain of salt as they clearly care extra about propaganda than the reality.
Electrek’s Take
Who to consider? Elon Musk or a Russian warlord. To be trustworthy, I’ve a troublesome time believing both. Nonetheless, on this case, I doubt that Elon was dumb sufficient to present Kadyrov a Cybertruck.
It’s not unimaginable to remotely shut down a Cybertruck, particularly if you happen to can show the proprietor broke the regulation to get it into Russia.
Nonetheless, additionally it is very probably that it merely broke down and Kadyrov determined to assert it was remotely disabled. It wouldn’t be the primary time he was mendacity.
Both manner, what does it say of your military whether it is utilizing Cybertrucks? Tell us within the remark part beneath.
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