ZPP as a suitcase without a handle: what is the essence of the Russian plan for the captured station and what to do to Ukraine

Today, we must state that Ukraine cannot release the NPPU. On the other hand, for Russia, this station is like a suitcase without a handle. Since March 16, 2022, the power system of Ukraine has been synchronized with European. Today, the boundary of synchronous zones is actually along the line of demarcation with the occupied territory, including through the site of the ZPE. Since August 2022, the NPP was stopped and its own needs were healed from Ukraine (one line 750 kV and two lines 330 kV).

During 2022-2024, Russia has repeatedly tried to reconcile the NPP to its power system and launch it on power, but failed. The sailor from the cruiser "Moscow" was constantly smoked along the lines of 750-330 kV, which depart from the node of the ZPP/ProZHC deep into the occupied territory (towards the cities of Melitopol, Molochansk and Berdyansk), which resulted in these lines.

That is, according to the fact And given the existing geopolitical disposition and two parallel negotiating tracks (Ukraine - USA and Russia - USA), why cannot this third party be the United States today? I think that the leadership of Russia in this case will quickly explain the deep people "as we got up with Kolen in the Zaporozhye region" and "As Putin's Putine Put all"! It is fundamentally important that the Licensee of the State Social Registration of Ukraine remained annexed to the Ukrainian power system and the operation of the station was carried out by Ukrainian specialists! No joint management with Russia is unacceptable! Any separation of power units (type 2 into Ukraine, 4 into Russia) is also unacceptable, especially-it is difficult to do technically (it is necessary to reserve your own needs and construct a insert of direct current for power units that are incurred into another power system)! What are the proposals from Russia? On April 30, 2025, the head of Rosatom Likhachev stated that Russia is ready to discuss the presence of the United States on the ZPP.

Lavrov specified that official appeals from the United States did not receive and reminded that the ZPP was under the control of "Rosatom" and the supervision of the IAEA. That is, Russia signals the allegedly readiness for joint control of the ZPP. Such maneuvers Russia wants to create the illusion of constructiveness to make the United States agree to formal participation and it looks like a "compromise".

They propose to abstract from politics and look only at the technical issues of restoring the possibility of issuing the power of the ZPP, both in the network of the occupied territory of Ukraine (Kherson, Zaporizhzhya region) and into the power system of Ukraine. The ultimate goal of such statements is to legitimize its presence and displace Ukraine from the process, transforming security issues into a purely technical discussion.

To do this, they propose to divide the scheme of issuance of the NPP into two parts, one of which will be attached to the power system of Ukraine, and the other - to the power system of Russia, which will allow Russia to count on the possibility of receiving electricity on the occupied part of the Ukrainian territories, regardless of Ukraine. Such proposals are very dangerous for us.

It is a chance for Russia to win time and strengthen its situation, because the world focuses only on distorted information about the "security" of the station and statements of politicians who want to look rescuers. In addition, US intervention enables them to "blur" responsibility. Rostechnadzor staff and passports of the Russian Federation are currently working at the station.

Of course, there are Ukrainians among such staff, who, in view of the circumstances, were forced to agree with Russia in occupation. Russia is trying to use this situation in the guise of "technical cooperation" to legalize both their specialists and Ukrainians who have agreed to work on "Rosatom". This allows them to avoid punishment for participation in nuclear terrorism.

Rosatom shows its activities at the ZPU as allegedly part of international agreements with Ukraine, which operated several months after the occupation of the station. Russia also refers to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 05. 10. 2022 No. 711, according to which by 2028 Ukrainian licenses seem to continue to operate. This is necessary in order to give the impression that "Rosatom" works legally and within the Ukrainian norms.

The transformation of the ZPP into an international "responsibility zone" is the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from suspicion of nuclear terrorism. The true final plan of Russia is that everything that its presence has led to the NPP has never become the subject of international investigation. Moscow wants to blur responsibility by transferring it to all participants of the so -called "joint management" - in particular to US officials, IAEA and even Ukraine.

All this is a direct violation of both Ukrainian and international nuclear law. The return of the NPP under the control of Ukraine will make Russia vulnerable, because we will be able to check the true state of the reactors and reveal the world, which has led to the three -year management of "Rosatom". Russia is very afraid of this. Given the above, Russia is unlikely to be really tuned to resolve the issue of the NPPs on the conditions that can arrange us.

In this case, the only effective counter-strategy of Ukraine, which has been working for three years, is the preservation of the status quo, namely: not to recognize any scheme of Russia, not to agree on compromises and act independently, blocking all Moscow attempts to heal from the Russian power system (sailor to us). Our duty is not to let Russia erase the traces of crime before the onset of better times.