2 Jul 2014 13:25

Gunfire in Ukraine shuts down Gukovo, Novoshakhtinsk border posts

ROSTOV-ON-DON. July 2 (Interfax) - The Gukovo and Novoshakhtinsk border control posts are closed to passenger and motor traffic to and from Ukraine because of the escalating gunfire on the Ukrainian territory, the regional law enforcement authorities said.

"Heavy gunfire, presumably mortar and artillery, is heard at the Gukovo and Novoshakhtinsk control posts from the adjacent Ukrainian territory. Therefore both Russian border control posts have ceased operation. There is no passenger and motor traffic in both directions," a police spokesman said.

"It is hard to say when the border control posts may reopen although they are ready to work," he added.