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From our news desk:
Moscow says a Russian checkpoint on the border with Ukraine was fired on by the Ukrainian military, which is fighting separatists in the east of the country.
Russia's Foreign Ministry in a July 10 statement voiced "strong protest" and demanded "an end to the shelling of Russian territory."
The statement said it was not the first time the border post at Gukovo had come under fire.
Meanwhile, on July 10, Ukrainian military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said government forces retook control of the town of Siversk, to the east of Slovyansk, after separatists fled.
The pro-Russian separatists said there was no sense in holding Siversk because of the risk of being encircled.
Seleznyov also said that government forces guarding Donetsk's main airport came under mortar fire on July 10.
He said the separatist attack was repelled. (Reuters and UNIAN)
Communists in Kharkiv call for an end to the Ukrainian operation against the pro-Russian separatists in the east:
Tourist season doesn't seem to be hopping in Crimea today:
From our news desk:
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said expanding EU sanctions over the Ukraine crisis would be an "unfriendly move" that would affect bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Brussels.
EU diplomats on July 10 said the European Union had agreed to add 11 new names to the list of people targeted by assets freezes and travel bans.
The new sanctions reportedly target mainly separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military said on July 10 that three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 27 injured in fighting against pro-Russian separatists since July 9.
The Russian, German, and French leaders in a telephone call on July 10 called for a new cease-fire.
The office of the French president said Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin it was important to prevent separatist fighters and weapons from crossing the border into Ukraine from Russia. (Reuters, UNIAN, and Interfax)