Ramzan Kadyrov claims he was gifted the Cybertruck by Tesla’s CEO, who then remotely deactivated it, forcing it to be towed from a battlefield
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by Chris Chilton
September 20, 2024 at 12:30
- Infamous Chechen warlord has accused Elon Musk of remotely disabling his new Cybertruck.
- Ramzan Kadyrov previously claimed the Tesla CEO had gifted him the Cybertruck, something Musk denies.
- Kadyrov equipped the Cybertruck with a bed-mounted machine gun and praised its agility and toughness before it being remotely disabled.
A Chechen warlord who previously claimed Elon Musk had gifted him a Cybertruck is now accusing the Tesla CEO of remotely disabling it while it was involved in the Russian battle against Ukraine.
“Elon Musk behaved badly,” Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Chechnya, a Russian republic, wrote on Telegram. “He gives expensive gifts from the heart and then remotely disconnects them.”
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Kadyrov outfitted his Cybertruck with a machine gun mounted on the rear bed and says it was sent to the front lines in Ukraine to aid in what Karyrov’s dictator-hero Vladimir Putin still euphemistically refers to as a “special military operation.”
The 47-year-old Chechen warlord later enthused to his social media followers about the the truck’s “maneuverability” and the level of protection its stainless steel skin and bulletproof glass afforded his soldiers. But this week he complained that the truck had been disabled by Tesla HQ and had to be towed from the front lines.
“So, Musk recently remotely disabled the Cybertruck,” Kadyrov claimed. “It’s not manly. The iron horse had to be towed. How come, Elon? Is this how it is done?”
Just the Chechens, strapped 50cals onto Cybertrucks and sending them off to fight in Ukraine, because sure, why not pic.twitter.com/at1sgG0L8Q
— Michael De La Broc (@MDeLaBroc1) September 20, 2024
This latest bit of bizarre Cybertruck news comes a month after Kadyrov first showed off his Cybertruck and made the wild claims that Musk had given him the electric truck for free. Musk was quick to call BS on the allegation and roasted a journalist who asked him about Kadyrov’s story.
“Are you seriously so retarded that you think I gave a Cybertruck to a Russian general? This is amazing,” Musk wrote on X.
Tesla has launched many varied Cybertruck options since deliveries of the truck started last winter, including a tent and bed-mounted add-on battery to extend the range. But a machine gun is still missing from the options list.
I’m confused. @WestPoint_USMA just had @ElonMusk as its convocation speaker, when Musk is providing vehicles ready for military use to sanctioned enemies of America? Why isn’t this the biggest story in America today? Why is West Point coddling a man working openly against the US? https://t.co/JBGaMCWvrN
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 17, 2024