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Posted on September 2, 2025
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Ukraine demands the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, rejecting any legitimacy of Russian control.
(Reuters) -Ukraine will never agree to legalise the Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops is the only way to guarantee safety there, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
A ministry statement made no direct reference to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's statement during a visit to China that Moscow was ready to cooperate with the United States at the plant, seized in the first weeks after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
"The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is and will remain an integral part of the sovereign territory of Ukraine. Any attempts by Russia to question this fact are legally null and void and politically pointless," the ministry said.
"The only way to restore nuclear safety is the immediate and complete withdrawal of Russian military and other personnel from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant."
(Reporting by Ron Popeski, Editing by Nick Zieminski)
A nuclear power plant is a facility that uses nuclear reactions to generate electricity. It typically uses uranium as fuel to produce heat, which is then used to generate steam and drive turbines.
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