Over 2M iodine doses to be delivered to Ukraine

[Donkees]

In the coming hours, Ukraine will receive more than 2 million iodine doses amid shortage which has arisen in the pharmacy network.

According to Health Minister Viktor Liashko, at least 10,000 pharmacies are currently operating in Ukraine. The official assured that there were enough medicines and medics in the country. Drug deliveries across pharmacy networks have been established.

As reported earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin put his "early deterrence" nuclear forces on high alert, in an apparent attempt to intimidate the west and put more pressure on Ukraine amid the ongoing invasion.

A number of EU member states, including Belgium, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic, ran out of iodine stocks amid reports of Russia's aggression targeting Ukraine's nuclear power plants.

Ukraine's authorities have repeatedly warned that Russia's irresponsible moves targeting NPPs pose a threat of a radioactive disaster that could affect the entire continent.

At the moment. Russia maintains control over the premises of two Ukrainian nuclear stations - Chornobyl and Zaporizhia, with the latter being Europe's largest.

It is known that iodine prevents a human thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive material.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3436516-over-2m-iodine-does-to-be-delivered-to-ukraine.html

[Lovie777]

1. Europe is bracing . . . . . .

plus Putin has put Mother Russia in danger as well and across the Asian borders.

[mucifer]

2. over 40 million people live there

[FBaggins]

3. That's ok... it's just propaganda

Iodine doesn’t protect against radioactive material in general… it protects specifically against radioactive iodine. And Chernobyl hasn’t produced any of that in decades (and can’t).

It’s a way to remind the rest of Europe that Russia is a threat to more than just the people of Ukraine.