Russia’s Lavrov Digs In on Control of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine in 2023.
Photographer: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images
Russia hasn’t received a US proposal to give up control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine, and a change to the facility’s ownership isn’t conceivable, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
His comments were consistent with the foreign ministry’s declaration in March that Moscow won’t cede control of the plant or agree to operate the facility jointly with another state.