Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could not legally negotiate ownership of occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which President Donald Trump suggested Washington could take over.

Trump said the US could own and run Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, the latest in a series of proposals he has made to the war-torn country, reliant on Washington’s support to fend off Russian invasion.

“We will not discuss it. We have 15 nuclear power units in operation today. This all belongs to our state. The nuclear plants legally belonged to the Ukrainian people but we are open to US investment once Ukraine got back control of the Zaporizhzhia plant, seized by Russian troops… If they want to take it back from the Russians, if they want to modernise it, invest this is a different question, this is an open question, we can talk about it”, - said Volodymyr Zelensky.