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Ukraine is reportedly handing out anti-radiation pills amid growing fears over a nuclear attack from Russia.
Kyiv city council has been distributing potassium iodine tablets which help to prevent absorption of radiation, NBC News reports.
The pills stop harmful waves entering the body via the thyroid gland when they’re taken close to nuclear radiation exposure.
Volodymyr Marchuk, the spokesman for the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, told the outlet that the tablets were being allocated to residents within 30 miles of the Enerhodar power plant.
The news comes as the head of Ukraine‘s state nuclear energy company has announced he will take charge of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, in opposition to claims made by Moscow…
