KYIV. April 16 (Interfax-AVN) - Acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhaylo Koval has not confirmed information reported by mass media outlets that there were armored vehicles with Russian flags in Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in the Donetsk region, deputy of the UDAR faction Serhiy Kunytsyn said.
"The defense minister has not confirmed this information," Kunytsyn told reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines of a closed Verkhovna Rada meeting.
The defense minister has not confirmed reports that Ukrainian servicemen switched sides as well, Kunytsyn said. "He has not confirmed the information that they switched to the other side," he said.