Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) People's Republics have opened fire on Ukrainian military positions 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 35 strikes in the Donetsk region, and another 19 near the city of Mariupol, the press center of Kyiv's army operation in eastern Ukraine has reported.

Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Hnutove came under mortar fire at around 6:00 p.m. Large-caliber submachine guns, grenade launchers and small arms were used against Ukrainian military checkpoints near Krasnohorivka, Pisky, Troitske and Vodyane, the press center said in a report published on its Facebook account on Tuesday.

At 6:00 p.m., militants randomly fired an 82mm mortar at Krasnohorivka, and a 120mm mortar at Ukrainian army positions in the vicinity of Nevelske.

In a separate development, grenade launchers, large-caliber submachine guns and small arms were randomly fired at Ukrainian military positions near Novhorodske, Troitske, Novoselivka Druha and Pisky. According to the press center, the intensity of shelling declined at midnight.