The European Union transfers to Ukraine 5.5 million picket tablets to protect people from radiation irradiation in the event of an release on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant captured by the Russian troops.
According to CNN, the European Commission called the sending of drugs a “preventive measure of security” and clarified that the Ukrainian government requested a party of pills. Potassium iodide protects the thyroid gland from the accumulation of iodine radioisotopes in case of radiation pollution.
Russian troops hold the station almost from the very beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, but the station’s performance is supported by Ukrainian engineers. Since the beginning of August, the object has been shelling in which Kyiv and Moscow are accused of each other. On August 25, ZAES was disconnected for the first time in history. Maxar Technologies published satellite pictures on August 29, which visible holes in the roof of the nuclear power plant. The photo also shows armored vehicles in the station and smoke from fires nearby. In the coming days, the state of the station should be evaluated by the Magate Mission.
The authorities of the neighboring Moldova with Ukraine are also stored iodine. Chisinau received a million pills of iodide potassium from Romania.