In case of another shelling of Russian territory responsibility to fall on Kiev authorities - Moscow

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Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its strong protest over the firing of Russian checkpoint "Gukovo" by Ukrainian military forces on the Russian-Ukrainian border on July, 10. The ministry stressed that in case of a repetition of such cases the responsibility for the consequences of attacks will be on the Kiev authorities., reports Russia Today.

The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that at the moment of firing at the "Gukovo" checkpoint there were about 230 refugees from Ukraine, and "only by luck there were no casualties," mentioned in the Russian Foreign Ministry statement.

"The actions of the Ukrainian side are a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international law - the ministry said. - The Russian side claims the Ukrainian side a strong protest and demands to stop attacks on Russian territory. In case of further repetition of similar cases all the responsibility for the consequences will fall on the Kiev authorities. "

Russian border comes under shelling from Ukraine again - Federal Security Service

The Russian border checkpoint 'Donetsk' is being shelled from Ukrainian territory on July 4, Vasily Malayev, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) border department for the Rostov region, told Interfax. "The Russian border checkpoint is being shelled. A lot of people who were at the checkpoint when gun-fire bagan have been evacuated," Malayev said.

Casualties have been averted due to the timely and professional actions of border checkpoint officials, he said.

"The 'Donetsk' border checkpoint's operations have been stopped," he said, Interfax reports.

Russia opens criminal probe into shelling of Russian checkpoint from Ukraine

Russia’s Investigative Committee on Saturday launched a criminal enquiry into the shelling from Ukraine of a group of Russian investigators in the southern Russian Rostov Region near the "Donetsk" border-crossing point. Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass that Russian investigators, wearing special jackets with the inscription “Investigative Committee of Russia" came under fire on Friday.

Russian police officers, two servicemen and witnesses, who were inspecting the `terrain some 300-400 meters from Russia’s state border with Ukraine after a previous instance shelling, also came under fire, TASS reports.
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