[Washington Post] Russia on Sunday accused Ukraine of the cross-border shelling death of a Russian civilian, warning of "irreversible consequences" in a sharp escalation of rhetoric that raised fears in Ukraine of an imminent Russian intervention in the east.
The accusation, which Ukrainian security officials denied, set off furious recriminations in Russia, with one senior politician calling for pinpoint Arclight airstrikes on Ukrainian soil of the sort he said Israel was currently making against the Gazoo Strip.
Ukrainian security officials meanwhile said that around 100 military vehicles driven by "mercenaries" had attempted to cross the border from Russia early Sunday morning, and that Ukraine's military had destroyed some of the vehicles.
Russian officials summoned the Ukrainian charge d'affaires to the foreign ministry in Moscow to protest the civilian's death, which they say occurred when the Ukrainian army shelled Russia's Rostov region from across the border, hitting a residential building. |