Zaporizhzhia residents doubt Trump-Putin call could return nuclear plant to Ukrainian control

Record ID: 1985061

  • Title: Zaporizhzhia residents doubt Trump-Putin call could return nuclear plant to Ukrainian control
  • Date: 18th March 2025
  • Summary: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (MARCH 17, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) LOCAL RESIDENT AND PENSIONER, OLHA SHYSHKYNA, SAYING: "At some point it will definitely come under our control. Because for Russia, our nuclear station is like a suitcase without a handle. After all, it is not operational, and now it's just a plaything. To us, it's critically important, and at some po
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  • Keywords: Enerhodar Russia war in Ukraine
  • Location: ZAPORIZHZHIA AND NIKOPOL, UKRAINE / ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE
  • City: ZAPORIZHZHIA AND NIKOPOL, UKRAINE / ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA003948917032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Ukrainians interviewed by Reuters in Zaporizhzhia on Monday (March 17) expressed doubt that a phone call later today (March 18) between the president of Russia and the U.S. could return Europe's largest nuclear power plant under Ukrainian control.
    U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss a "power plant" bordering Ukraine and Russia in his call with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday (March 17).
    The White House gave no details but may have been referring to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia facility in Ukraine, Europe's largest nuclear plant. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of risking an accident at the plant with their actions.
    (Production: Sergiy Chalyi, Felix Hoske)
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