Ukraine: Fighter trapped in Azovstal seeks Elon Musk’s help

One of the fighters fortified in the steel industry besieged by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has appealed to billionaire SpaceX owner Elon Musk to help remove them.

Many civilians were rescued from the huge Azofstal plant last week under an agreement with Russia, but no agreement has been reached with Moscow to allow the evacuation of hundreds of fighters, some of whom have been injured after weeks of bombing.

“@elonmusk people say come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible. Our planets are next to each other, as I live where it is almost impossible to survive,” the Marine Corps commander wrote on Twitter. Serhiy Volina.

“Help us get out of Azofstal into an intermediary country. If not you, then who? Give me a sign.”

Musk, the richest man in the world, owns SpaceX, the space rocket company, and Tesla, the electric car maker, and plans to buy Twitter. It is not clear at this time whether Musk has seen Volina’s tweet.

Ukrainian officials say about 1,000 fighters are resisting Azovstal’s many underground galleries, hundreds of which have been seriously injured and urgently need to be evacuated. The factory is being pounded by Russian fire.

In February, when Ukraine’s internet access was cut off after the Russian invasion, Musk responded to a tweet from a Ukrainian official asking for help. Musk said SpaceX’s satellite broadband service would be available in Ukraine and that SpaceX would send more terminals to the country.

Source: Capital

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