March 26, 2025, Moscow, Russia / Kyiv, Ukraine
Moscow has reiterated that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, is a Russian facility and cannot be transferred to Ukraine or any other country. Russia’s Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday that joint operation of the facility is also “not admissible” due to security concerns.
The statement emphasized that Zaporizhzhia, located in a region partly controlled by Russian forces, was among the four Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia in 2022 through referendums widely dismissed by Western nations as fraudulent. A presidential decree, Moscow claims, has made the nuclear plant Russian property.
“The return of the station to Russia’s nuclear sector has been a fait accompli for quite some time,”
the ministry declared, stressing that the facility will remain under Russian control.
Russia took control of the plant early in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and since then, both sides have repeatedly accused each other of endangering nuclear safety through attacks on the site. Although the plant is no longer generating electricity, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog maintains a monitoring presence there.
Ukraine has repeatedly demanded the return of the plant to its jurisdiction and continues to reject Russia’s 2022 annexation as illegal. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump recently suggested, in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, that the United States could help manage and potentially invest in Ukraine’s nuclear power facilities. However, Zelensky firmly responded that Ukraine’s nuclear plants belong solely to its people.
The dispute over Zaporizhzhia remains a flashpoint in the ongoing conflict, with serious implications for regional security and energy stability.
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