Ukraine’s parliament approves purchase of Russian-made reactors
Ukraine’s parliament has approved the purchase of two Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, as confirmed by lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak on February 11, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged lawmakers to approve the project, calling it “key to energy independence” for Ukraine. Bulgaria has offered to sell its unused 15-year-old VVER-1000 reactors and other equipment for units 3 and 4 of the western Ukrainian nuclear power plant, which has been targeted…