From our newsroom:
Russia says Kyiv's forces have fired across the border from eastern Ukraine into Russian territory with assault rifles and grenade launchers.
The Foreign Ministry says in a statement today that "we officially demand Kiev stop firing at the sovereign territory of the Russian Federation."
It adds that Russia's Gukovo border post came under rocket and machine-gun fire on July 29.
Kyiv has previously denied similar charges from Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says after meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin: "We are in the process of preparing additional sanctions, with Europe."
He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a choice going forward with respect to his ability to be able to have an impact with the separatists."
Reminder. The Kerry-Klimkin presser via State Department website:
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans says EU sanctions on Russian capital markets will have an "immediate effect." -- Reuters
Well-known Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer tells our Ukrainian Service that arms embargos of Russia by the West and Ukraine would seriously impact Moscow's military (in Ukrainian):