He took a very public approach to navigating that and while that would be on brand, it’s wild. He seem to have been directly communicating with Putin.

Disconnecting Ukraine at key points in battles would fit with the current administration’s flip flopping approach, but again he is at the front of it and on Twitter slagging off supposed American allies.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/why-is-elon-musk-talki...

This may all get weird again as the US seems to have blundered into conflict with Russia over Venezuela so maybe the Ukraine may see some support.