Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that allows the state nuclear power operator to buy two Soviet-designed nuclear reactors from Bulgaria for Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi power plant, lawmakers said.

Opponents of the project say it is costly, will take far too long to strengthen Ukraine’s battered power supply and opens the door to corruption.

Ukraine's parliament has passed a law enabling the state nuclear power operator to acquire two Russian-made nuclear reactors from Bulgaria.

Ukrainian lawmakers approved a bill to complete two additional reactors at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in the country’s west, paving the way for their purchase from Bulgaria to be finalized.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has supported the purchase of Russian-made energy units from Bulgaria to complete the construction of two power units at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Source: Zelenskyy's evening address on 11 February Details: Zelenskyy stated that amendments allowing the acquisition of Russian-made energy units from

Ukraine's parliament voted in favor of buying two Russian-made reactors from Bulgaria for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on Feb. 11. President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the lawmakers last week to approve the project,