Ukraine hasn’t yet agreed with USA on Donbas, Zaporizhia NPP, and funding issues – Zelenskyy
The President of Ukraine named the issues still pending with the United States in the context of the work on the draft agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine war as control over territories in Donbas, control over the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the now-occupied city of Enerhodar, as well as the operation of this plant and its financing, in particular through the reparations loan mechanism.
"Regarding the sensitive issues we discussed with the United States: yes, Donbas is an unresolved issue, and we have different views. The nuclear power plant, which is occupied by the Russian Federation, is not operating, it’s destroyed, but it should be working and generating electricity – it’s our plant, our rights – the issue remains unresolved. The issue of money," Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday.
"Well, I fully expressed my views to my fellow leaders today: I believe that reparation loans must be resolved, this issue, because it’s not just a matter of financial support for Ukraine in the first quarter of the next year; it’s also a matter of other things. We really don’t want this instrument to remain in Russian hands. We really don’t want that, and we believe they will do everything they can to block it," the Ukrainian president added.
