German residents have been ordered to be prepared for nuclear emergencies amid the diplomatic fallout with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
Germany's President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection warned on Wednesday that the country's residents needed to be prepared against dangerous radioactive particles left in the air and water after a nuclear explosion or leakage at a nuclear power plant.
In an interview with the newspapers of the Funke media group, Inge Paulini said the ongoing military conflict between Moscow and Kiev had “made it clear to the general public that we have to be and remain prepared for a wide variety of nuclear emergencies,"
The head of the country’s radiation protection office warned that the conflict in Ukraine could cause a wide range of disasters in neighboring countries and the Germans must prepared for nuclear emergencies.
Radiation does not stop at the borders and we need to be ready, she insisted.
