(Putin and Musk)
Musk believes that Crimea is indispensable to Russia. If Russia chooses one between losing Crimea and nuclear war , Moscow will choose the latter. Musk emphasized the importance of Crimea to Russia, just like Hawaii's position in the eyes of the United States. He believes that, including Black Sea Fleet , the Russian army is stationed in Crimea. If NATO tries to destroy the Russian army, the two sides will have an nuclear war, and civilization will "end".
Musk also called on the nuclear warhead not to target humans themselves in the past 60 years, and he believes that the current is the highest risk moment in the past 60 years.
(There is no winner in the nuclear war)
As the "world's richest man", Musk has been talking about the Ukrainian crisis recently. He seems to think Ukraine will fail, so he proposed a reconciliation between Russia and Ukraine, including Donbas and other places, re-referendum, admitting Russia has Crimea, not to cut off water, Kiev declared neutrality, etc....
However, it is precisely because of this statement that Musk was once on Ukraine's "blacklist" and was also given a "diplomacy reply" by former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Melnik - get out!
After being quarreled by Ukraine, Musk declared that he could not afford the service fee of Starlink in Ukraine and asked the US Department of Defense to bear the cost. Musk even said that he was just "get away" as Melnik's request.
But I don’t know what happened later, Musk said that even if he loses money, he will let “Starlink” continue to provide support to Ukraine.
("Starlink")
When it comes to business, Musk's statements are naturally business, and it is normal to repeat them over and over again, so it is impossible to judge which of Musk's words is true.
However, back to the topic of "world war", Western countries and Russia have indeed had fierce confrontations on this topic recently. Both sides accused each other of trying to use nuclear weapon , and they also acted as "to the end".
Recently, NATO has taken the lead in launching the "First Noon" nuclear deterrence exercise, with about 60 military aircraft from 14 countries participating in the exercise, of which the US's actions were particularly unusual, and the US military dispatched B-52 nuclear bombers to participate in the operation for the first time.
(US military's B-52 nuclear bomber)
This military exercise is said to last until the end of October. According to the news released by the United States, Russia will also hold the annual "Grom" nuclear exercise in late October. The nuclear exercises of both sides collided with each other. If it is said that there is no meaning, I am afraid no one will believe it.
Of course, Russia has made a statement, saying that it does not intend to participate in the topic of "nuclear war" hyped by Western countries. Although the United States predicts that Russia will hold a nuclear exercise, it also admits that it has not received any relevant notice from Russia.
(Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile launch screen)
Russia has actually been calling for calmness, and Putin did not say who to use nuclear weapons to fight.
Whether the red line Musk is talking about is true is hard to say.
But there is no doubt that Russia now controls Crimea, and Ukraine has no way.