The Head of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Herman Galushchenko, called the stalemate around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP). that quote DEA News.
“The situation seems to have reached a dead end today,” the minister said.
According to him, Kiev’s position has not changed: “Any neutrality zone or any negotiations on an agreement around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant should be based on the demilitarization of the station, the exit of Rosatom experts from the station, and the possibility of Ukrainian personnel to be safe at the facility.”
Former Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova statedIt was announced that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which came under the control of the Russian army at the beginning of March, will not be transferred to the Ukrainian side under any circumstances.
Zaporozhye NPP, located on the left bank of the Dnieper, near the city of Energodar, is considered the largest in Europe in terms of number of units and installed capacity. On March 1, 2022, the Russian authorities announced that they had taken control of the areas around the ZNPP. Three days later, it was announced that the station had been seized. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the transfer of the station to the state property of the Russian Federation in early October.
Energodar officials repeatedly reported that the territory of the station was bombed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.