Russia should agree to demilitarized zone around nuclear plant, White House says

FILE PHOTO: A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Russia should agree to a demilitarized zone around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been in Russian hands since March, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday.

Jean-Pierre also told reporters that President Joe Biden reiterated U.S. support for Ukraine against Russian aggression in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier in the day.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper; editing by Jonathan Oatis)