Trump talks about Zaporizhzhia: Ukrainian nuclear power plants in danger

Trump talks about Zaporizhzhia: Ukrainian nuclear power plants in danger

The fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russia has been very important since the Sturm of the Russian armed forces on the facility in March 2022. The UN's atomic supervisor has repeatedly on the Security risks that threaten the largest nuclear facility in Europe and which are at the front of the Russian invasion located.

negotiations on the nuclear power plant

Currently it is expected that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is part of the negotiations to terminate the War in Ukraine became. The press secretary of the White House incorrectly found on Monday that the occupied nuclear power plant was "on the border", although the location in the city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, is almost 200 miles away from the internationally recognized border of Ukraine. However, the DNIPRO River is located directly on the front line on the Zaporizhzhia side controlled by Russia.

The condition of the power plant

Before the comprehensive marching in Russia in 2022, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant provided around 20 % of Ukraine's energy and operated six reactors. However, the power plant is now separated from the network and has suffered from damage caused by drone attacks and continuous fire. All six reactors are currently switched off, and there are concerns about the continuous maintenance of the system, since explosions in the area increase, according to the report of the IAEA team on site.

allegations between Ukraine and Russia

Ukrainian officials to put the nuclear system and the surrounding population in danger, while Moscow accuses of provoking attacks on the power plant. Ukraine has also expressed concerns that Russia could try to connect the power plant to its own power grid.

statements by President Zelensky

political machinations and negotiations

Selenskyj also said that he was certain that Russia would make political statements that the facility would soon go back to operation and to deliver electricity to the territories controlled by the Russians. "It won't happen quickly," he added. "And the (UN Atom Guard) IAEA will be under constant political pressure, since the IAEA cannot allow them to do so."

The position of the USA

Trump said on Sunday that the negotiators had already determined certain topics that were to be discussed in his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the "division of certain assets". When asked about Trump's comment on nuclear power plants, the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said the reporter on Monday: "There is a power plant that is located on the border between Russia and Ukraine, which was up for discussion with the Ukrainians, and he will address this in his conversation with Putin", where she made it clear that she was talking about the nuclear power plant.

a non -negotiable area

Zaporizhzhia is one of the four regions that were illegally annexed by Russia in 2022. The Kremlin had annexed the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherson and Zaporizhzhia according to so -called referenders, which were rejected as "farce" by Ukraine and western countries. Russia had previously annexed the Crimea in 2014. Putin has continued to raise maximum demands for the control of all of these regions, although Ukraine still holds significant areas in Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhzhia. The Kremlin said last month that the four occupied and annexed regions were "an integral part of Russia" and "not negotiable".

For this report, CNNS Victoria Butenko and Anna Chernova at.