Musk calls for sanctions against Ukrainian oligarchs
Pravda Ukraine
American billionaire Elon Musk has called for sanctions to be imposed on the ten richest Ukrainian oligarchs.
Source: Musk on X (Twitter)
Details: X user Nick Sortor shared a video showing a Ukrainian flag unfurled near the White House, expressing confidence that its production was funded by American taxpayers.
Who paid for this MASSIVE Ukrainian flag that was unfurled in front of the White House today?
How many hundreds of thousands did this cost?
I guarantee you my tax dollars somehow funded this.@DOGE might need to have a look. pic.twitter.com/ehottONnA1
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 8, 2025
He urged the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, to investigate whether the flag was funded by the US federal budget.
Place sanctions on the top 10 Ukrainian oligarchs, especially the ones with mansions in Monaco, and this will stop immediately.
That is the key to the puzzle. https://t.co/hgw8tQsEs6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025
“Place sanctions on the top 10 Ukrainian oligarchs, especially the ones with mansions in Monaco, and this will stop immediately. That is the key to the puzzle,” Musk tweeted, responding to another user who called for no more financial support for Ukraine.
According to Forbes, the richest Ukrainians as of April 2024 were:
- Rinat Akhmetov – US$4 billion;
- Viktor Pinchuk – US$2 billion;
- Vadym Novynskyi – US$1.2 billion;
- Kostiantyn Zhevago – US$1.2 billion;
- Hennadii Boholiubov – US$1 billion;
- Ihor Kolomoiskyi – US$1 billion (as of 2023).
Ukrainian sanctions were imposed on four of the six billionaires.
In December 2022, Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council imposed sanctions on Vadym Novynskyi. On 12 February 2025, sanctions were imposed on Zhevago, Boholiubov and Kolomoiskyi. Additionally, sanctions were placed on Ukraine’s fifth president, Petro Poroshenko.
Furthermore, US sanctions have been in effect against Ihor Kolomoisky since 2021.
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