AP Top News｜白俄罗斯提议新建核电站为俄占乌克兰地区供电

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) Belarus unveiled a proposal on Friday to build a second nuclear power plant capable of supplying energy to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine.

President Alexander Lukashenko raised the plans during a meeting at the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin, who appeared to publicly support the idea.

Lukashenko said the plant could be used if needed to supply regions controlled by Russia in Ukraines Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk.

Belarus opened its first nuclear power plant, the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant in November 2020 . It was built by the Russian state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, with a $10 billion loan provided by Moscow.

Putin did not specify at Fridays meeting whether Russia would provide financial backing for a second plant.

Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for over three decades, is a close ally of the Kremlin . He allowed Russia to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and later authorized the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles.

爱沙尼亚塔林（美联社）——白俄罗斯于周五提出一项新计划，拟建设第二座核电站，该电站具备向俄罗斯占领的乌克兰地区供电的能力。

亚历山大·卢卡申科总统在克里姆林宫与弗拉基米尔·普京总统会晤时提出了相关计划，普京总统似乎公开支持这一构想。

卢卡申科表示，如有需要，该工厂可用于向俄罗斯控制的乌克兰赫尔松、扎波罗热、卢甘斯克和顿涅茨克地区提供物资。

白俄罗斯于2020年11月启用了其首座核电站——**奥斯特罗韦茨核电站**。该电站由俄罗斯国家原子能公司（Rosatom）承建，并通过莫斯科提供的100亿美元贷款完成。

普京在周五的会议上未明确说明俄罗斯是否会为第二座工厂提供资金支持。

卢卡申科已统治白俄罗斯三十余年，是克里姆林宫的亲密盟友。他允许俄罗斯将白俄罗斯领土作为2022年2月全面入侵乌克兰的集结地，随后又批准了俄罗斯战术核导弹的部署。