Putin claims US is interested in joint management of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant without Ukraine

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that the US side is interested in building mining facilities at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and in jointly managing the facility without Ukraine's involvement.

Source: Russia media outlet Kommersant

Details: Putin mentioned the situation around the ZNPP, Europe's largest nuclear facility which has been under Russian occupation since 2022, during a meeting with business representatives. He stated that discussions with the US include "the issue of joint management of the facility without Ukraine's participation".

Putin also claimed that the American side is interested in establishing mining operations at the plant.

Quote: "However, the sides are considering electricity supplies to Ukraine at the initiative of the US. Separately, the head of state noted that Ukrainians continue to work at the plant, but now they have Russian passports".

Background:

• Putin said that Russia in talks with the US continues to demand control over the entire Donbas, including areas it has failed to capture militarily.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated during an online briefing with journalists on Saturday 20 December that the Ukrainian side had conveyed to the US its position on issues where a compromise has so far been impossible in negotiations on a "peace agreement" with Russia. He stressed that one of these issues is "the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, our ZNPP".

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