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Share markets tumble after news Ukraine destroyed Russia vehicles

A Russian military truck transporting a self-propelled howitzer 2S19 - MSTA-S seen along a road near the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region on August 15, 2014

Major share markets in Europe and the United State tumbled on Friday after news that Ukrainian artillery destroyed part of a military convoy that crossed from Russia into eastern Ukraine.

At 1515 GMT the Dow Jones index had lost 0.35 percent and the Nasdaq 0.03 percent after opening higher. European shares gave up solid gains, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 slumping 1.01 percent and Paris losing 0.37 percent.