Russia asks envoys to visit town it says was hit by Ukraine shelling


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Jul 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has asked military attaches from 18 countries including the United States to visit a town in the Rostov region on Tuesday where Moscow says a shell fired from across the border in Ukraine killed one person.

The planned visit appeared part of a war of words between Ukraine and Russia intended to win international backing in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists who have risen up in eastern Ukraine.

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