KIEV, Oct. 25 - Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies gave conflicting statements on Monday about a massive cache of allegedly undocumented ballots found by opposition groups in Kharkiv region.

Kharkiv Prosecutor Yevhen Popovych said the so-called ‘reserve’ or ‘substitute’ ballots had been printed legally on top of the requested volume as ordered by the local election commission.

“There is no reason to open a criminal case,” Popovych said.

But Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov said the ballots were actually a test-run needed to adjust printing equipment, and will soon be destroyed after the printing process is over.

“Some political parties are trying to stress that the elections will be dishonest, non-transparent. They try to support these statements with some actions, Mohyliov said. “For example, they have been shaking Kharkiv for half day and half night proving there were some violations during the ballot printing.”

The group of opposition lawmakers over the weekend uncovered the massive cache of undocumented ballots at Folio-Plus printing house, suggesting there may be efforts underway for election fraud.

Volodymyr Filenko, an opposition lawmaker from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc who led the effort, said there were 12,700 undocumented ballots uncovered at the scene.