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 towards 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.
A number of weeks later, Kadyrov claimed that the Cybertruck joined the struggle effort in Ukraine, however he posted on Telegram as we speak that it was “remotely disabled by Elon Musk”. This time, he additionally extra clearly claimed that Musk gifted him the Cybertruck:
“Now, not too long ago, 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 try 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 needs 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 tricky time believing both. Nevertheless, on this case, I doubt that Elon was dumb sufficient to provide Kadyrov a Cybertruck.
It’s not not possible to remotely shut down a Cybertruck, particularly if you happen to can show the proprietor broke the legislation to get it into Russia.
Nevertheless, additionally it is very doubtless 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 under.