Trump turns an idea about us to control nuclear plants in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voludimir Zelinski said on Wednesday that they have a constructive invitation to move towards a ceasefire in part between Kiev and Moscow, as the White House indicates that the United States can control the Ukrainian nuclear power plants to ensure its security.

Trump Zelinski told the United States to be “very useful in managing these plants with their electrical experience and interest”, ” According to the White House statement From US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Walz, who described the call as “wonderful”.

“The US ownership of these plants can be the best protection for this infrastructure,” Trump added. The idea was floated even when the Trump administration is looking to finalize an agreement To reach critical minerals in Ukraine As partial support to support the United States for Ukraine during the war.

After weeks A catastrophic oval office meeting Among the two leaders who temporarily led to Trump Stop post intelligence Ukraine’s military aid, Trump and Zelinski are a “very good conversation” in which they joked, according to a senior Ukrainian official, provided that his identity was not disclosed because he was not publicly suspected.

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During the call, Zelenskyy requested additional national defensive missile systems. Rubio Walz said that Trump “agreed to work with him to find what is available, especially in Europe.”

The invitation came a day after Trump criminalized similar talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who He agreed not to target energy infrastructure in Ukraine But refusing to support the ceasefire for 30 days completely. Zelenskyy signed a limited ceasefire deal to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, according to the White House.

However, this defined stopping appeared in doubt on Wednesday, as Moscow said that Ukraine struck an oil depot in southern Russia, while Kiev said that Russia struck hospitals and homes, and left power to some railways.

Prisoners have been exchanged

However, Ukraine and Russia announced that they had made an exchange of prisoners, each of whom issued 175 soldiers in a deal that facilitated the United Arab Emirates. Moscow said it had liberated 22 additional wounded Ukrainians as a goodwill gesture.

Zelinski, who described his conversation with Trump as “positive, very objective and explicit”, said that he confirmed Kiev’s willingness to stop the strikes on the Russian infrastructure and its commitment to the unlawful shooting ceasefire on The confrontation line The United States was also proposed earlier.

He said on social media: “One of the first steps can be ended towards ending the war fully strikes on energy and other civil infrastructure. This step has supported, and Ukraine has confirmed that we are ready to implement it,” he said on social media.

Earlier, Zelinski said that the Russian strikes, which he said had been carried out since Trump’s call with Putin, said that Moscow’s words did not match its actions and that Russia was not ready for peace. He said that the United States should be responsible for observing any ceasefire.

The Kremlin said it had launched planning attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, including by shooting down seven drones in Russia heading towards Ukraine. Kyiv was accused of failing to cancel her attacks as he called an attempt to sabotage the agreement.

“Putin plays a game”

Trump has long promised to end the bloody conflict in Europe since World War II, which caught when Russia launched a widespread invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

But his communication towards Putin has led to European allies, who are afraid to wander in a basic shift after 80 years, the defense of Europe from Russian expansion was the main task of American foreign policy.

Some European leaders said that Putin’s refusal of Trump’s full truce was evidence that Moscow was not seeking peace. The Minister of Defense in Germany said that the offer to temporarily stop attacking the Ukrainian energy facilities that have been calculated “nothing” and Trump will have to win more privileges.

“Putin is playing a game here and I am sure that the American president will not be able to sit and watch for a long time,” Boris Petorius told German broadcaster ZDF.

The head of the European Union’s foreign policy, Kaja Calas, said that it will make a proposal for European leaders in Brussels on Thursday to provide Ukraine with one million rounds of large -caliber artillery ammunition, according to Reuters.

Infrastructure is a goal on both sides of the border

Over the course of most of the past three years, Russia has underestimated the energy network in Ukraine, on the pretext that the civil infrastructure is a legitimate goal because it facilitates fighting capabilities in Kiev.

The Ukrainians say that such attacks have declined in recent months, as the spare power generators that have been crowded with the streets of Kiev have become less prominent since late 2024.

KYIV is steadily developed the ability to launch long -term attacks to Russia, and drones are often used to target remote oil and gas sites, which say that fuel to the forces and Russia’s income to finance the war.

In the overnight attacks, the Ukrainian regional authorities said that Russian drones had harmed two hospitals in the northeast of Sumi, which did not cause any injuries but were forced to evacuate patients and employees.

Near Kiev, a 60 -year -old man was injured and air strikes hit homes and companies in the Bakha area north of the capital. The railway said that the attacks were damaged by the railway energy systems in Denipoproprovsk in the south on Wednesday.

The authorities in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar said that an Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire in an oil warehouse near the village of Kafakzkaya. No one is hurt.