The EU will provide Ukraine 5.5 million Potassium iodide when fighting around the Zaporizhzhia power plant may have a potential risk of nuclear disaster.

The European Commission said it had received a request for Potassium Iodide from the Ukrainian government.

When there is a nuclear accident, radioactive iodine can be spread through the air and is absorbed in the thyroid gland when inhaling the air contaminated or by eating.

Agency of the European Union (EU) said that the donation of 5.5 million Potassium iodide is considered as a preventive measure, in order to increase the level of protecting people around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, located in the area.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, southern Ukraine on August 4.

The crisis management member of the European Commission Janez Lenarcic said the EU is giving priority to handing Potassium iodide to Ukraine to protect people in case of exposure to high levels of radioactivity.

The nuclear power plant should not be turned into a fighting place.

The Russian force controlled the Zaporizhzhia factory in southern Ukraine in March, but the facility was still operated by Ukrainian technical staff.

Many recent shelling occurred around the Zaporizhzhia factory area, raising concerns about the risk of a nuclear incident similar to the chernobyl disaster in 1986. Russia and Ukraine accused each other.

General Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi on August 29 announced that he was with a team of experts on his way to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The fighting around the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine recently continued to raise concerns about a serious nuclear disaster.

In Enerhodar city in southeastern Ukraine, where Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, people paste the window edges because of the risk of radioactive leakage.