Ukraine's defense ministry denies engagement of its tanks in battles

Ukrainian armored vehicles are not engaged in battles along the contact line in Donbas and are kept as the Ukrainian army's tactical reserves should the enemy attempt to breach the defenses, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has said in a statement on its website.

"In connection with the dissemination by some Internet portals of information about alleged deployment of tanks at the contact line, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters informs that the said armored vehicles are kept as the Ukrainian troops' tactical reserves to properly respond in case the enemy attempts to breach the Ukrainian army's defenses. Such tanks are not engaged in battles," the ministry said.