俄指責烏克蘭開炮造成俄羅斯人傷亡

Russia is blaming Ukraine for the cross-border artillery shelling death of a Russian civilian Sunday.

Local media reported that the man killed was called Andrey Shulyatyev.

His mother, Feoktista Chelikova, who was injured by the same blast, told Russian broadcaster RU-RTR that there were two shell impacts, the first landing behind the house.

The Kremlin threatened Ukraine with "irreversible consequences" for the death, which Moscow said came from an errant artillery shell. Ukraine has denied involvement, and said the shelling may have been the work of provocateurs seeking to trigger a Russian response.

Meanwhile, Russian and Ukrainian news reports say Ukraine forces attacked the perimeter of the rebel-controlled city of Luhansk Sunday with armored columns, pushing into the outskirts of the city but failing to recapture it.

Fighting has surged in the east since the Ukrainian government refused to renew a unilateral cease-fire June 30. Since then, Ukrainian forces have driven the rebels out of several cities, including Slovyansk, which was their main stronghold.俄羅斯指責烏克蘭星期天越界開炮造成一名俄羅斯平民死亡。

當地媒體報道說，被炸死的男子叫安德雷·舒爾亞特耶夫。

她的母親切麗科娃也在炮彈襲擊時受傷。她在接受俄羅斯媒體採訪時說， 一共有兩枚炮彈，其中一枚落在房子後面。

俄羅斯威脅烏克蘭說，烏克蘭必須對死亡事件承擔“不可逆轉的後果”。莫斯科認爲，炮彈是偏離目標，誤入俄羅斯的。 烏克蘭否認跟炮彈襲擊有關。他們說，可能有破壞分子企圖引起俄羅斯迴應。

與此同時，俄羅斯和烏克蘭媒體說，烏克蘭軍隊裝甲部隊星期日進攻反叛分子控制的城市盧甘斯克周邊地區，同時向盧甘斯克郊區推進，但未能奪回這座城市。

自從烏克蘭政府6月30日拒不延長單方面停火以來，烏克蘭東部的戰鬥更爲激烈。 烏克蘭政府軍已把反政府武裝趕出了幾個城市，其中包括他們的主要據點斯洛文斯克。