Romanians have no reason to worry about the level of radioactivity in the environment as a result of the recent attacks in Ukraine, say representatives of the National Environmental Protection Agency. The comments came after Mykola Patrushev, seen as the obvious successor to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “super hawk” on foreign policy, threatened on Friday that a radioactive cloud was approaching Europe after Russian forces detonated in Ukraine, a warehouse with depleted uranium ammunition, unconfirmed information.

According to the Romanian environmental authorities, between May 15 and May 19, 2023, the level of environmental radioactivity in Romania fell within the normal range.

• “Romanians have no reason to worry about the level of radioactivity in the environment as a result of the recent attacks in Ukraine.
• The National Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Network (RNSRM) continuously monitors the air both with the help of automatic gamma radiation dose monitoring stations and with the help of laboratory analyses, and between 15.05 – 19.05.2023 the level of environmental radioactivity in Romania fell within normal values” , – says the president of the National Agency for Environmental Protection, Laurentiu Alexandru Pestinaru, is quoted in a statement sent by the institution.

According to ANPM specialists, the data recorded for the last week are within the range of fluctuation of the natural fund.

• “In case of any excess, in accordance with the provisions of OM no. 1978/2010, the RNSRM laboratories report to the ANPM and after data validation (resulting from immediate re-measurements) they are forwarded to the national decision-makers: CNCAN, IGSU-MAI, MApN. Also, the data is constantly transferred to the European Commission on the EURDEP platform,” said the head of the National Agency for Environmental Protection.

The agency also notes that it provided these clarifications “due to public concern over the news that the cloud resulting from an explosion at an ammunition depot in Ukraine will reach Poland,” the Environmental Protection Agency said in a statement. this country”.

Mykola Patrushev, seen as the obvious successor to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “superhawk” on foreign policy, threatened on Friday that a radioactive cloud was approaching Europe after Russian forces blew up a warehouse in Ukraine containing depleted uranium munitions. unconfirmed information.

“Their destruction led to the fact that the radioactive cloud was directed towards Western Europe,” Patrushev emphasized during the meeting held in the city of Syktyvkar Komi region of Russia, reports TASS. He also reported that there is already an increase in radioactivity in Poland.

No authorized body has announced anything of the kind, and apparently the information appeared only in the Russian press, based on these statements of Patrushev, the president of the Security Council of Russia.

For example, the largest Russian news agency of the Ural region Ura.ru writes that “earlier it became known that an explosion at a warehouse of depleted uranium ammunition in Khmelnytskyi caused mass panic among residents of Western Ukraine. Citizens began to leave dangerous areas en masse.”

This information, in turn, falls into the category of a propaganda war waged by Moscow, Patrushev being its central pawn in terms of news for internal use in Russia. (Photo: Dreamstime.com)