Chechen chief say Elon Musk disabled his machine gun-wielding Cybertruck

Kadyrov, who has dominated Chechnya with an iron fist for over 17 years, shared a video in August of him driving round within the electrical automobile with what seemed to be a machine gun mounted on its roof.

The Chechen chief hailed the truck’s “maneuverability” and crew safety in a submit on Telegram.

Kadyrov stated he acquired the automobile from Musk, a declare that the Tesla proprietor known as a lie on his social media platform X. 

He had goaded Musk by saying he awaited the tech billionaire’s future merchandise when he first posted an image of his machine gun-mounted automotive.

“Now, recently, Musk remotely disabled the Cybertruck,” Kadyrov stated in a submit on his Telegram account.

“That’s not a nice thing for Elon Musk to do. He gives expensive gifts from the bottom of his heart and then remotely switches them off,” he stated.

Kadyrov added: “That’s not manly. We had to tow the iron horse. How could you do that, Elon?”

The Cybertruck is an electrical pick-up truck first unveiled by US carmaker Tesla in 2019 earlier than going into manufacturing final yr.

Kadyrov claimed in his social media submit that the automobile he acquired was utilized in fight and despatched to Ukraine, the place it “performed admirably”.

The son of a former insurgent warlord, Kadyrov is now considered one of Putin’s most vociferous backers and has lengthy referred to himself because the president’s “footsoldier.”

The 47-year-old Chechen chief says he has deployed 1000’s of troops to assist the Kremlin with its Ukraine offensive.

Musk has been deeply embedded within the battle for management of Ukraine since Russia invaded the nation in February 2022. 

By SpaceX, his Starlink satellites stepped in to offer Ukrainians with web and communication networks after warfare downed the nation’s infrastructure. It has additionally helped the nation’s conflict effort.