Ukraine expects a "positive result" in Zaporizhzhia circumstance, Zelensky says

Zelensky talks during a news meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Zelensky talks during a news meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Milan Kammermayer/AFP/Getty Pictures

Ukraine expects a "positive result" in the "exceptionally risky" circumstance including the Zaporizhzhia Thermal energy station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.

"We know that the (Worldwide Nuclear Energy Organization) IAEA has contacts with the Russian Alliance. All things considered, they need to work," he said during a news gathering in Prague with the Czech Republic President Petr Pavel. "We would be thankful in the event that there is a positive result in this hazardous, extremely risky story."

On Tuesday, Zelensky cautioned that Russia might be utilizing the Zaporizhzhia Thermal energy station as a weapon. He blamed Russian soldiers for putting "objects looking like explosives" on rooftops at the plant.