The U.S. is seeking access to Ukrainian minerals, which require extensive energy to process. The Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine, which Russia controls, could help with that, Kyiv says.

US President Donald Trump has stated that the US negotiations on Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine have raised the issue of ownership of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant and territories. Source: Trump in a comment to reporters during a meeting of his cabinet on 24 March,

The White House on March 19 proposed Ukraine pass its nuclear facilities to the U.S. as part of the ongoing ceasefire talks. The control of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP),