TALLINN, Estonia — 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 areas controlled by Russia in Ukraine’s Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled leader of Belarus’ opposition, told The Associated Press that the plans put “all of Europe at risk.”

She added: “By proposing that Putin build a second nuclear power plant in Belarus to supply electricity to occupied territories in Ukraine, Lukashenko once again proves he is complicit in Russian

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