MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) – At least seven artillery shells fired from Ukraine, landed in Russia Sunday, a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee said Monday.
“According to updated reports, at least seven artillery shells were fired toward our territory, only one of them did not explode," spokesman Vladimir Markin said.
“We will request satellite data to determine what units of the Ukrainian army, the Right Sector or the National Guard were in the zone from where these artillery shells were fired. It will allow us to determine the names of the commanders, who ordered the shelling of the Russian territory, which left a Russian citizen dead," Markin said.
Investigators have found some 70 shell fragments at the scene.
According to preliminary data, “unidentified servicemen of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, members of the National Guard and Right Sector” are to blame for the attack.
On Sunday, one Russian citizen was killed when a shell exploded in the yard of a house in Donetsk, a town in southern Russia’s Rostov Region. Another shell hit a house, injuring two women — an 82-year-old mother and her daughter. The elderly woman was hospitalized with a concussion and fractures.
Moscow protested the shelling, saying it is a provocation that might have irreversible consequences. Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said Sunday that Russia promises “harsh demarches” against Ukrainian authorities over the incident.
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Kiev claims Ukrainian troops did not fire at Russian territory.
