This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page As the United States tries to broker a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia this week an unexpected idea has emerged in the talks: potential U.S control of a key Ukrainian nuclear power plant on the front line of the war with Russia President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed “American ownership” of nuclear power plants in Ukraine in a phone call on Wednesday Zelenskyy offered a somewhat different account Thursday: He said that only one nuclear power plant had been discussed — the sprawling Zaporizhzhia plant which is occupied by Russian forces — and that U.S “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,” Zelenskyy said at a news conference in Oslo The idea that the United States might assume control of nuclear power plants in a country at war might seem far-fetched the United States has shown a keen interest in Ukraine’s industrial assets Trump is pushing for a “trillion-dollar deal” for U.S a former deputy minister for energy in Ukraine said that nuclear power infrastructure was not included in previous talks about a deal for U.S and that the issue had taken many in Kyiv by surprise But he emphasized that the future of the Zaporizhzhia plant is a key issue in peace negotiations not only for Ukraine but for the European Union,” Riabchyn said “We used to sell a lot of electricity to the European Union helping them to function and decarbonize.” control of the Zaporizhzhia plant could benefit Kyiv It could free a portion of Ukrainian land from Russian occupation and potentially ease some of the country’s energy concerns amid the ongoing war “American ownership of [Ukrainian nuclear plants] would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House national security adviser Michael Waltz said in a statement after Trump’s call with Zelenskyy on Wednesday Zelenskyy said he was open to working with the United States on the issue wants to take it back from the Russians and invest in its modernization That is a separate issue — one that remains open for discussion,” he said Thursday The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe it has been under Russian occupation and has not been operational The International Atomic Energy Agency and Ukraine have repeatedly warned that its proximity to the front line poses the risk of a nuclear catastrophe Ukraine has particular experience with nuclear catastrophe Parts of the country are still recovering from the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where a reactor melted down in 1986 in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The country continues to maintain an extensive network of nuclear energy stations because of concerns about reliance on Russian energy imports Ukraine’s entire nuclear energy sector is state-owned under the company Energoatom which has partnered with international firms a nuclear adviser with the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center said that the best option would be for Russian President Vladimir Putin to return the Zaporizhzhia plant to Ukraine but that he was unlikely to do so as there was nothing to gain “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,” Gorchakov said It is not clear if Trump discussed Zaporizhzhia or any other nuclear power plants in Ukraine during a call with Putin on Tuesday nor the Russian readout mentioned the issue The White House and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment It was also not immediately clear how controlling or even owning the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would benefit the United States Russia has indicated it is planning to bring the plant back online but Ukrainian nuclear experts have warned that such a move could prove dangerous All six of the plant’s nuclear reactors are in a cold shutdown and the destruction of the Kakhovka dam has left it without enough water to cool the reactors when they operate Ukrainian officials have said it would take years to restart the reactors Even if Zelenskyy’s government was interested in selling at least part of the nuclear power plant it would require parliamentary approval because of its state ownership and the nuclear industry’s reliance on classified information two police officers were injured in Russian attacks The Dnipropetrovsk Regional Police Department reported this on Telegram the aggressors directed an FPV drone at one of the villages in the Chervonohryhorivka community Two police officers were injured – one of them was hospitalized after he suffered shrapnel wounds," the PD said in a statement police units on duty processed almost 40 reports of enemy artillery strikes and suicide drones as well as the Marhanets and Pokrovsk territorial communities were hit," the police added It is noted that investigators documented damage to two five-storey buildings investigators have been working at the sites of the morning strikes establishing the consequences of the attack Criminal proceedings have been initiated under Article 438 Part 1 (war crimes) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine Russian troops this morning attacked with drones communities in two districts within Dnipropetrovsk region While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Ukraine — Ukraine’s presidential office says at least four civilians have been killed and 10 others wounded by the latest Russian attacks A statement Friday says Russian troops again fired on several towns facing the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River the shelling damaged dozens of residential buildings and power lines and in the neighboring towns of Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka the Russian attacks cut power supplies to thousands of people Pavlo Kyrylenko said Russian troops pressed their attacks on Avdiivka and Bakhmut and the entire region “was turned by the Russians into a zone of active hostilities.” “Civilians who remain in the region live in constant fear without heating and electricity,” Kyrylenko said in televised remarks “Their enemy is not only Russian cannons but also the cold.” the Ukrainian army is pressing its counteroffensive fighting for control of Bilohorivka and Svatove “The Russians practically destroyed some villages after they started to retreat,” Haidai said “There are a lot of freshly mobilized Russians in the Luhansk region but they are dying in droves – they only last for two weeks on average.” — Russia’s hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut — West says no biological weapons in Ukraine, Russia disagrees — UN nuclear agency to probe Russia claim of `dirty bombs’ — Ukraine attacks Russia’s hold on southern city of Kherson — R ussian leader Putin says he will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine — Amid Ukraine war, Europe’s energy crisis raises firewood prices – Follow all AP stories on the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine Ukraine — Ukraine’s authorities and state electricity company on Friday announced further rolling blackouts in and around the country’s largest cities amid ongoing Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure the sole operator of Ukraine’s high-voltage transmission lines said in a statement that “emergency outages” of four hours a day or more had resumed in the Kyiv region “Due to significant damage and imbalance in the power system longer power outages are possible,” Ukrenergo said said Friday on Telegram that the Kyiv region is set to see “tougher and longer” power outages than earlier in the war announced on Telegram that daily one-hour power outages will begin Monday across the province including Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv He said the measures “are necessary to stabilize the power grid because the enemy continues shelling (Ukraine’s) energy infrastructure.” Ukraine — Russian soldiers pummeling a city in eastern Ukraine with artillery are slowly edging closer in their attempt to seize Bakhmut which has remained in Ukrainian hands during the eight-month war despite Moscow’s goal of capturing the entire Donbas region bordering Russia While much of the fighting in the last month has unfolded in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region the battle heating up around Bakhmut demonstrates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire for visible gains following weeks of clear setbacks in Ukraine Taking Bakhmut would rupture Ukraine’s supply lines and open a route for Russian forces to press on toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk key Ukrainian strongholds in the eastern region of Donetsk Pro-Moscow separatists have controlled part of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk province since 2014 Putin recognized the independence of the Russian-backed separatists’ self-proclaimed republics Luhansk and two other provinces that Russian forces occupied or mostly occupied Russia has battered Bakhmut with rockets for more than five months Ukraine — McDonalds’ Ukrainian subsidiary on Friday said it had reopened four restaurants in the Kyiv region and a fifth one in the northwestern city of Zhytomyr The company began a phased reopening of its Ukrainian restaurants late last month a symbol of the war-torn country’s return to a degree of normalcy and a show of support after the American fast-food chain pulled out of Russia in May The burger giant closed its Ukrainian restaurants after the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in February but has continued to pay more than 10,000 McDonald’s employees in the country Denmark — A Swedish prosecutor wants “a supplementary crime scene investigation” at the site of explosions that damaged two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea and said Friday that a preliminary probe concluded the cause was “suspected gross sabotage.” Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said he understood the intense interest in determining what happened to the Nord Stream I and 2 pipelines which were built to carry Russian gas to Germany “But it is important both for the preliminary investigation and for the various collaborations we have that we now get to work in peace and quiet,” Ljungqvist said Sweden’s domestic security agency and armed forces are assisting in the investigation which is being done in cooperation with authorities in other countries,” he said The Swedish Security Service previously said that undersea “detonations” on Sept 26 caused extensive damage to the pipelines in international waters off Sweden and Denmark sending large amounts of methane gas into the air Ukraine — Ukrainian forces attacked Russia’s hold on the southern city of Kherson on Thursday while fighting intensified in the country’s east The battles came amid reports that Moscow-appointed authorities have abandoned the city joining tens of thousands of residents who fled to other Russia-held areas Ukrainian forces were surrounding Kherson from the west and attacking Russia’s foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper River Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow has no intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine despite issuing repeated warnings in the past that he was prepared to use all available means to defend Russia “We see no need for that,” Putin said at a conference of international foreign policy experts outside Moscow Russia warned that Moscow could target Western commercial satellites used for military purposes in support of Ukraine and a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman accused the United States of pursuing “thoughtless and mad” escalation Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova argued that Washington should take an approach more like it did during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 when the Cold War superpowers stepped back from the brink of nuclear confrontation A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven 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