"Ukraine is not interested in such attacks," which would jeopardize Kyiv's relations with the U.S., said foreign affairs committee chief, Oleksandr Merezkho.

"We would never do such a thing or use it as a bargaining chip," Musk wrote in an X post.

Elon Musk is now claiming that bad actors in Ukraine are behind an alleged cyberattack that caused outages on his social media platform X on Monday. In an interview, Musk told Fox Business that he believes the attack came from "IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area."