How Donald Trump’s Administration sees the fate of Zaporizhzhia NPP and Russia’s reconstruction
Volodymyr Omelchenko, Director of Energy Programs at the Razumkov Center
The Wall Street Journal, an influential American business publication, has explored the Donald Trump Administration’s vision of the fate of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and Russia’s reconstruction.
First of all, the Administration plans to use part of the $200 billion of frozen Russian funds in the EU to rebuild the ZNPP. At the same time, the plant is to become the property of the United States and companies owned by Donald Trump’s family and friends.
On the basis of the restored ZNPP, it is planned to create Europe’s largest data center and possibly crypto-mining farms , which Trump and Whitkoff’s sons like to do.
However, there is no question of returning the plant to Ukraine, even in terms of operational management.
It is clear that Russia is not going to give up its control over the nuclear power plant, which means that the occupiers will continue to illegally operate the plant according to Trump’s plan.
All these ideas about half of the units working for Ukraine and the other half for the occupiers do not stand up to criticism, since the Ukrainian and Russian systems operate in different incompatible integration zones.
In addition, without the Kakhovka reservoir destroyed by the Nazis, it is possible to ensure the operation of at most two out of six units. In fact, Trump’s plan is aimed primarily at satisfying his family’s commercial appetites and taking into account the Kremlin’s interests, and is completely out of line with Ukraine’s interests.
The fact that Trump prioritizes Russian profits is also evidenced by the new Marshall Plan 2 to reconstruct Russia’s industry and reintegrate it into the global economy through a mythical 800 billion dollar fund that Europeans are supposed to fund for some reason.
Instead, Trump’s concern for Ukraine’s reconstruction is of the last resort, provided, of course, that he does not give up the profits of his family business.
