Elon Musk is looking to throw down with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Tesla co-founder, 50, challenged Putin, 69, to a one-on-one fight amidst Russia’s tragic invasion of Ukraine. “I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat,” Elon wrote on Twitter March 14. “Stakes are Ukraine,” he added. Elon wrote Putin’s name in Russian and Ukraine in Ukrainian.
Hundreds including Man City star turn out for Ukraine vigil as darkness falls in our city centre - and Manchester Central Library is bathed in blue and yellow
24.02.2022 - 23:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Hundreds of young Ukrainians turned out for a vigil in Manchester's St Peter's Square in the wake of the Russian invasion of their homeland.
Council chiefs lit the the central library in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag as darkness fell in the city centre.
The crowd, joined by Man City left-back and Ukrainian international Oleksandr Zinchenko, sang the Ukrainian national anthem and speeches were delivered to the crowd in both Ukrainian and Russian languages.
Chants against Putin rang out as passers-by joined the crowd and car horns were hooted by nearby drivers in support.
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At least two of about 400 attendees were Russians, protesting over President Vladimir Putin's military assault on Ukraine urban centres and military bases early today (Thursday, February 24).
The vigil was organised by Ukraine-born Arthur Wellington, 29, who now lives in Cadishead.
He told the Manchester Evening News: "I appealed for support on Facebook today and the response has been fantastic, not just from the people of Ukrainian origin, but also Mancunians.
"We want the powers in the West to 'grow a pair' and inflict punitive sanctions," he said, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in the House of Commons the most wide ranging measures to curb the flow of Russian money through the City of London.
Olga Rolfe, 55, has a Ukrainian father and Russian mother. She's lived in Manchester for 15 years and is the deputy manager of a nursing home in Stockport.
"I want people to know that Russian people are not like Putin, and Putin is not Russia," she said.
"No one in Russia wants war.
"The problem in Russia is that people
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