Janusz Cieszyński, an MP from Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, backed Radosław Sikorski, a political opponent, after Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev called him a “warmonger” in a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday.
Writing in English, Cieszyński said: “Hey, dxxxhead! Only we in Poland have the right to berate Sikorski. Putin’s footrests don’t so GTFO.”
The lawmaker signed his message with a sarcastic “xoxo from Warsaw”.
Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin’s envoy for peace talks over the war in Ukraine, had previously said in a post on X: “Drooling imbecile’ warmonger Sikorski gets many facts wrong as hate blinds him to reality.”
Sikorski vs. Musk
Dmitriev’s comment was in reference to a spat on social media that began on Tuesday between Sikorski and Musk, who owns X.
After the US-based Institute for the Study of War alleged that Russian forces were increasingly using the Musk-owned Starlink satellite internet system to extend the range of drone strikes in Ukraine, Sikorski criticized the tech billionaire and called on him to work to prevent such cases.
“Hey big man, Elon Musk, why don’t you stop the Russians from using Starlinks to target Ukrainian cities,” Sikorski said, adding: “Making money on war crimes may damage your brand.”
Musk reacted the next day in a social media post of his own which said: “This drooling imbecile doesn’t even realize that Starlink is the backbone of Ukraine military communications.”
‘Be quiet, small man’
Sikorski and Musk have a history of feuding on social media that goes back to March 2025, when Musk suggested he could cut Ukraine’s access to crucial internet services if he wanted to, saying: “Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off.”
Sikorski fired back, threatening that Poland, which he said pays $50 million annually for Ukraine’s Starlink access, would look for other suppliers if Musk’s SpaceX firm, which runs Starlink, proves to be an “unreliable provider.”
“Be quiet, small man,” Musk then responded, adding: “You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink.”
The Starlink system has proven invaluable to Kyiv’s defense against Russian aggression, with Ukraine’s armed forces often relying on it for communication on the battlefield.
Its use has not come without controversy, however. A July report by Reuters, citing anonymous sources, alleged that Musk ordered SpaceX to cut internet coverage over parts of Ukraine during a critical counteroffensive in September 2022, disrupting Ukrainian operations and damaging Kyiv’s trust in the satellite service.