“I’m flying quickly to the Poltava region. The operational headquarters of the government will work in Novy Sanzhary, ”Goncharuk wrote on the Telegram channel.

On February 20, 73 people were evacuated from Wuhan to Kharkov by special flight. After passing the necessary procedures, they were quarantined at the medical center of the National Guard of Ukraine, located in the village of Novye Sanzhary, Poltava region.

In this regard, local residents staged protests. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has already condemned these demonstrations.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that police detained a number of protesters against the deployment of evacuated from China in the Poltava region.