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Trump offers to take control of Ukraine's nuclear plants in call with Zelensky
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US President Donald Trump proposed that the US could own and run Ukraine's nuclear power plants, suggesting that American companies could manage them with their expertise.
We talked only about one power plant, which is under Russian occupation.
One of the first steps toward fully ending the war could be ending strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure.
President Trump asked me: 'What do you think about this plant?' I told him that if it does not remain Ukrainian, it won't function for anyone.
The U.S. wants to take it back from the Russians and invest in its modernization. That is a separate issue — one that remains open for discussion.
If the Americans are thinking about how to find a way out of this situation, if they want to take it away from the Russians, invest in its restoration, this is an open question.
American ownership of [Ukrainian nuclear plants] would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
It lasted approximately one hour. Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs. We are very much on track.
He may be willing to hand it over to the United States, especially since the plant uses a lot of Western and American equipment and systems, and four of the six power units were already converted from Russian fuel to Westinghouse fuel before the war.
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sources
- 1.South China Morning Post
- 2.France 24
- 3.ABC News (Australia)
- 4.The Washington Post
- 5.Al Jazeera
- 6.The Guardian
- 7.The New York Times
- 8.Le Monde
- 9.ABC News
- 10.Agence France-Presse
- 11.New York Times
- 12.Reuters
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Russian Foreign Policy
- 4.Russia-Ukraine War
- 5.Nuclear Power
countries
organizations
- 1.White House
- 2.Kremlin
- 3.Rosatom
- 4.Westinghouse Electric Company
- 5.International Atomic Energy Agency
- 6.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 7.European Union
- 8.US State Department
- 9.Bellona Environmental Transparency Center
- 10.Chatham House
- 11.Energoatom
- 12.Greenpeace
persons
- 1.Donald Trump
- 2.Vladimir Putin
- 3.Volodymyr Zelenskiy
- 4.Marco Rubio
- 5.Dmitry Peskov
- 6.John Lyons
- 7.Michael Waltz
- 8.Alex Riabchyn
- 9.Alina Smutko
- 10.Constant Méheut
- 11.Dmitry Gorchakov
- 12.Dmytro Orlov