ISW: Moscow may use the issue of security at the Zaporizhzhia NPP to disrupt US negotiations with Ukraine
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The Institute for the Study of War believes that Russia may strengthen narratives about the threat to the Zaporizhzhia NPP from Ukraine in order to spoil the current negotiations between the US and Kyiv. The Kremlin seeks to portray itself as the only safe operator of the station.
moscow may use narratives about the threat that Ukraine allegedly poses to the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) to disrupt the current US negotiations with Kyiv. This assumption is made in its report by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reports UNN.
Details
Experts recalled that Russian officials directly rejected US President Donald Trump's recent suggestion that the United States could be involved in the operation of the Russian-occupied ZNPP.
the kremlin regularly falsely portrays itself as the only safe operator of the znes, despite jeopardizing the znes after russian forces occupied the territory in march 2022
It is noted that russia, in particular, kept military equipment near the reactors of the ZNPP and in the engine rooms, and also used the territory of the station to launch strike drones.
The Kremlin also regularly accuses Ukraine of threatening the ZNPP and may try to amplify these narratives to spoil current US-Ukrainian negotiations
Reminder
A few days ago, the russian foreign ministry stated that the kremlin does not consider it possible to transfer the Ukrainian znes or control over it to Ukraine or any other country.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States could be very helpful in managing Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
In turn, Zelenskyy stated that all Ukrainian nuclear power plants belong to the people of Ukraine, and if the Americans want to take the ZNPP from the Russians, invest and modernize it, Ukraine can talk about it.