European governments may eventually find themselves appealing to Moscow to take Ukraine’s nuclear facilities under control. This view was voiced by former Verkhovna Rada deputy Vladimir Oleinik in a commentary to NEWS.ru, where he argued that the increasingly precarious state of Ukraine’s atomic power plants could push EU countries toward such a request.

Oleinik suggested that the situation at four Ukrainian nuclear power stations has reached a dangerous threshold, driven by what he described as unqualified management and the inability of the country’s unified energy system to function effectively.

He also reiterated his long-held claim that Ukraine lost its statehood back in 2014, pointing to continuing internal strife and a collapse of governing structures, which, in his words, has left «everyone fighting for their own interests.»

According to Oleinik, the political landscape remains unchanged regardless of who holds formal power, arguing that the system still operates on «theft." He maintained that any future administration would follow the same pattern. In his assessment, only reunification with Russia-recalling the era of Bogdan Khmelnitsky-could restore order.