'Help us ... If not you, then who?' Ukrainian commander's SOS to Elon Musk

As Russia continues to break into Ukraine and bombard the country in its aim to invade it and take control, a Ukrainian commander has sent an SOS to the world's richest man, Elon Musk.

Serhiy Volyna, commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade, took to Twitter to seek help from Musk and asked the billionaire to help them get out of Azovstal to a mediating country.

"If not you, then who? Give me a hint," he wrote. Volyna created a Twitter account with the sole purpose of reaching out to Musk for help.


"People say you come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible," Volyna's tweet said, adding "Our planets are next to each other, as I live where it is nearly impossible to survive."


The commander's account, which was created recently, already has over 14K followers, while the only account he is following on Twitter is Musk's.

His tweet, a cry for help, so far has over 18.2K retweets. However, the Tesla boss has not yet replied to him.

The 50-year-old billionaire in had February said that his company SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service was activated in Ukraine after a Kyiv official urged him to provide his war-torn country with stations.

"Starlink service is now active in Ukraine," Musk tweeted, adding "more terminals en route."


Musk's tweet had come after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov requested the Tesla boss to provide Starlink services to Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighboring Russia.