The SpaceX and Tesla CEO has beforehand referred to as out Kiev and Washington over blogger Gonzalo Lira’s destiny
Elon Musk has condemned an absence of motion on the a part of US officers within the case of an American journalist, Gonzalo Lira, who had been jailed by Kiev and who finally died in Ukrainian custody. Authorities there allegedly ignored Lira’s severe well being issues for a very long time, whereas he remained behind bars on accusations of justifying Moscow’s navy operation towards Kiev.
Lira moved to Ukraine and married an area lady in 2010. When long-simmering tensions between Moscow and Kiev turned to navy engagement in February 2022, the journalist began actively protecting the preventing on social media. He additionally blamed the event on Kiev and its Western backers, asserting that Ukraine had no probability of successful towards Russia.
Lira, who was 55 when he died, had additionally been criticizing efforts by Western media to painting Ukraine as a “democracy,” pointing to rampant corruption and publishing a listing of Zelensky’s opponents who, he claimed, had been “disappeared” by numerous authorities.
The US State Division confirmed Lira’s demise to Russia’s TASS information company on Friday. He had been in pre-trial detention in Ukraine’s metropolis of Kharkov since Could 2023. Information web site The Grayzone has reported that, since final October, he had extreme well being issues from pneumonia and a collapsed lung. The Ukrainian authorities solely acknowledged the difficulty on December 22, in response to Lira’s personal word, cited by the information outlet.
“That is tremendous tousled!” Musk wrote on X (previously, Twitter) on Saturday, commenting on one other put up by an entrepreneur and investor, David Sacks, who additionally slammed US President Joe Biden’s inaction in Lira’s case.
“The Biden administration may have gotten Gonzalo Lira again with a telephone name however didn’t raise a finger. Due to this fact, the Ukrainian authorities knew it may act with impunity,” Sacks wrote. He additionally described Lira’s case as proof that Ukraine is managed by a “thuggish and unmoored regime.”
Final month Musk questioned the US method to Kiev, questioning the way it was potential that “an American citizen is in jail in Ukraine after we despatched over a $100 billion” to help Kiev amid its battle with Russia. He additionally stated that it was a “major problem” if an individual in Ukraine obtained jailed for “merely criticizing” President Vladimir Zelensky. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO then referred to as on the Ukrainian president to make clear the scenario.
On Saturday, the difficulty was additionally addressed by Donald Trump Jr, son of former US President Donald Trump. He decried Lira’s demise as a “homicide” and questioned the US coverage of sending support to a rustic the place Americans are killed.
Kiev has insisted that it has rightfully focused Lira over his actions, with the Safety Service of Ukraine repeatedly stating the journalist has been accused of “producing and distributing supplies justifying the armed aggression,” in addition to disseminating “fakes” in regards to the nation’s armed forces.
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