In recent days, almost all world media write about the threat of use by Russian President Vladimir Putin tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
As you know, in Russia there are several types of nuclear weapons. The main ones are strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
Experts note that in the case of Ukraine, Moscow can use tactical nuclear weapons, which differs from strategic low power and use at a relatively short distance. In tactical ammunition, TNT equivalent usually does not exceed several kilotons, and often there are less than one kiloton. For comparison, the atomic bomb, which claimed the lives of about 146,000 people in Hiroshima, had a capacity of 15 kiloton.
Even from the school desk, they said to many that if a nuclear explosion is threatened, it is necessary to accept iodine in the shortest possible time. The fact is that with radioactive infection, the first thing is to emit radioactive iodine, which kills the thyroid gland.
The famous Ukrainian pediatrician Yevgeny Komarovsky notes that it is necessary to accept iodine in case of the threat of an explosion (in 30 minutes) or in the first minutes or hours after the explosion and the spread of radiation.
“If you do this in the first two hours, the protection exceeds 90%. If 30 minutes before the explosion – almost 100% protection,” says Komarovsky.
And although the shortest distance between Baku and Kyiv still exceeds 1800 kilometers, in the capital of Azerbaijan they are closely monitored by developing events.
As it became known to haqqin.az, the inhabitants of Baku began to massively stock up on iodine, which is why his reserves were almost exhausted in some pharmacies.
In the APETETA APETETEM located at the Metro station “May 28”, the Haqqin.az correspondent was told that in recent days, buyers disassemble iodine and various tablets with its content.
The growth of demand for iodine was also reported in another, located nearby pharmacy. However, the pharmacists noted that together with iodine, the demand for antibiotics and other drugs has grown, having associated this with the traditional preparation of people for the autumn-winter season.
At the same time, in one of the most famous networks of the pharmacy “Elite”, the Haqqin.az correspondent said that iodine reserves were almost exhausted. The voice on the other end of the phone announced the presence of only two small iodine bottles at a price of 0.4 manat.