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Russia Backs Elon Musk's 'Peace Deal' Option

Russia has backed Elon Musk's 'peace deal' suggestion after the Tesla billionaire faced a huge backlash online for suggesting Ukraine should stay neutral in the face of Vladimir Putin's bloody invasion.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was a 'positive step' that Musk was outlining a peace deal, just hours after Kyiv slammed Musk's call for a negotiated settlement to Russia's disastrous seven-month-old conflict with Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters in a conference call that Moscow had always been open to a negotiated end to the conflict, despite derailing peace talks on several occasions and suggesting unrealistic terms.