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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that there were foreign citizens in the administrative buildings seized by the protesters, some of them internationally wanted. 

“Not only Ukrainians have joined this but also some people from other countries, who have been involved in various local combat actions and who are on the international wanted list. They are all hiding in the seized buildings. We know there are weapons there,” he said at a meeting with religious leaders on Friday.