The European Union will send 5.5 million tablets of potassium iodide to Ukraine to protect the population from exposure in the event of a possible radiation leak. This was reported by the press service of the European Commission.

They explained that they provided our state with the drug, satisfying the request of the government of Ukraine. The pills should increase the security of residents near the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, given the situation at the facility.

The EC noted that the supply of potassium iodide is a preventive security measure. The drug will be used in "

According to the report, Ukraine will receive five million tablets from rescEU emergency reserves, and 500 thousand from Austria.. Their total cost was more than 500 thousand euros.

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" It is unacceptable that the lives of civilians be endangered.

All hostilities around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant must be stopped immediately,” added European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarczych..

Earlier it was reported that Russia, following the experience of Iran, is manipulating the facts about the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and is trying in every possible way to prevent the IAEA mission from visiting the power plant.. Recently it became known that the Russian special forces are torturing ZNPP employees so that they do not tell the IAEA inspectors about the security breach..