The United States believes that one of the conditions that could contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine could be assigning a neutral status to the territories around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with the establishment of Washington's control over them, The Wall Street Journal noted citing sources, Report informs.
The publication does not indicate which territories around the ZNPP Washington proposes to designate as neutral and in what format the United States could exercise control over these territories and the plant. The publication does not indicate who exactly, in Washington's opinion, should manage the plant if such a proposal is implemented.
The Zaporizhzhia NPP, located in Energodar, has six power units with a total capacity of 6 GW. It is Europe’s largest nuclear power generating facility. At the end of February 2022, the facility was taken over by Russian forces.
