“Seven citizens of Sri Lanka, who studied at the Kupyansky Medical College, were detained.

They were taken out in an unknown direction, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

He noted that it is likely that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using them for provocations.

“And taking into account the well-known methods of work of the Ukrainian special services, we do not exclude provocations against the military-civilian administration of the Kharkiv region,” he said.

Earlier, the administration of the Kharkiv region said that the Ukrainian military began terrorizing the civilian population.