The U.S. may take control of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: America is ready to take over the management of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants to achieve peace.

Chris Wright made this statement in a comment to Fox News.

“We have extensive technical expertise in the United States to operate these plants. I don’t think the military is needed for this. How can we bring peace to Ukraine? How do we ensure that these hostilities stop? What is needed for both sides to lay down their arms? But if this helps achieve that goal, let the U.S. manage Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. No problem, we can do it,” Wright stated.

The U.S. State Department published a full statement on President Donald Trump’s proposal to take control of Ukrainian power plants, which he discussed with President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday.

“President Trump also discussed Ukraine’s energy supply and nuclear power plants. He stated that the United States could significantly assist in managing these facilities thanks to its expertise in electricity and utilities. U.S. ownership of these plants would be the best way to protect this infrastructure and support Ukraine’s energy sector,” the statement reads.

According to political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko, who is considered close to the Office of the President of Ukraine, the idea was initially suggested to Trump by a Ukrainian lawmaker. Fesenko shared this story in a Facebook post:

“About a month and a half ago, I heard about how one of our ‘shrewd’ MPs, a master negotiator almost on Trump’s level, secretly started talks with Rudy Giuliani to get access to Trump and Elon Musk. Since this MP understands business well, he came up with a genius scheme. He decided to propose to Trump and Musk the idea of joint ownership of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant—to return it to Ukraine and then use it for American and Ukrainian interests, either for cryptocurrency mining or as a powerful energy hub for artificial intelligence. It looks like the idea eventually reached Trump,” Fesenko wrote.

However, Fesenko noted that Trump expanded on this idea, and it could now lead to the U.S. taking control of other Ukrainian power plants as well.

“When Trump is offered a business deal, he immediately starts looking for his share. Don’t offer Trump a ‘finger’—he’ll take an ‘arm.’ My advice to all business-political figures, whether in power or opposition: do not pitch Trump any creative business-political ideas. You will later see them in a form so unrecognizable that you won’t even know it was originally yours. And instead of benefiting your country, you and we will end up with a potential problem,” Fesenko warned.

Despite the discussions, Fesenko is uncertain whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would agree to return the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine. According to the analyst, Putin might make a counteroffer to Trump—joint control of nuclear plants—just as he has already proposed joint extraction of rare earth metals in occupied territories.

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary stated that President Donald Trump believes U.S. ownership of Ukraine’s energy facilities would be the best way to protect the country’s infrastructure.