Trump suggests U.S. takeover of Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks

March 24, 2025, 3:01PMNuclear News
Energoatom’s Zaporizhzhia plant, in southeastern Ukraine, as it appeared in a photo posted to the DOE website in June 2021. (Photo: Energoatom)

Amid recent ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. should take control of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants for long-term security, the Associated Press reported.

“American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure,” Trump suggested, according to a later statement.