The United States called for a halt to all hostilities near Europe's largest nuclear facility, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. There you need to create a demilitarized zone.
In addition, the US State Department called unacceptable any attempt to disconnect the ZNPP from the Ukrainian power grid. After all, the nuclear power plant itself and the electricity it produces belong to Ukraine.
The United States called for an end to hostilities around the ZNPP
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Arms Control and International Security Commissioner Bonnie Jenkins said that a demilitarized zone should be created around the ZNPP.
The creation of a demilitarized zone around the nuclear power plant is what we continue to insist on, Jenkins added.
According to her, the visit of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant should take place as soon as possible. At the same time, Russia continues to try to force the international community to accept its goal, namely the destruction of Ukraine as a geopolitical entity.
“Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state. We cannot accept this fate of Ukraine or any another sovereign state,” said the Deputy Secretary of State.
The US State Department called unacceptable attempts to disconnect the ZNPP from the Ukrainian network
According to CNN, First Deputy Press Secretary of the US State Department Vedant Patel said that any attempts to disconnect the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the Ukrainian power grid and redirect electricity to Russian-occupied territories are ” unacceptable”.
It is clear that the shelling and seizure of the Russian power plant and infrastructure is part of its strategy to create an energy crisis in Europe. We strongly condemn any action at the ZNPP or elsewhere that affects the health and well-being of civilians throughout the region,” Patel said.
According to him, no country should turn a nuclear power plant into a zone of active combat actions. Therefore, the United States strongly condemns Russia's attempts to militarize or divert electricity.
“To be perfectly clear, the ZNPP and the electricity it produces rightfully belong to Ukraine,” Patel said.
He added that The United States is “closely monitoring reports of shutdowns of the last two operational ZNPP reactors.”
“Ukraine reports that all plant safety and security systems are operating normally and we have no signs of increased or abnormal levels of radiation,” – added the deputy head of the State Department.
Pay attention! The IAEA reported that electricity supply with the Russian-occupied ZNPP has already been resumed, but it is still disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid.
