In a striking revelation reported by The Wall Street Journal, the administration of US President Donald Trump is allegedly pursuing control over a highly strategic piece of land in southern Ukraine – the area surrounding the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). This controversial proposal, framed as part of a broader US-mediated peace initiative between Ukraine and Russia, suggests the United States could play a direct territorial role in post-conflict arrangements in Europe’s most dangerous geopolitical hotspot.

The Zaporozhye NPP, Europe’s largest nuclear facility, is currently situated in a region that voted in a contested 2022 referendum to join Russia. Although Russia now claims sovereignty over the area, Ukraine, backed by the West, continues to consider the territory as part of its national borders. The United States’ move to assert a form of neutral control over this sensitive zone adds a new layer of complexity to the ongoing war and peace negotiations.

According to the WSJ, senior officials from Trump’s administration met with European and Ukrainian representatives in Paris on April 17 to discuss terms for a possible negotiated settlement with Moscow. Among the various ideas floated was a plan to declare the land around the Zaporozhye NPP neutral territory – not under Russian or Ukrainian control – but instead overseen by the United States. This extraordinary suggestion underscores the deepening American desire to play kingmaker in Eastern Europe, especially amid Trump’s stated intent to end the war swiftly if re-elected.

Anonymous sources cited in the Journal described the........

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