Militant forces have continued shelling positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas in the past 24 hours, conducting a total of 56 strikes, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters wrote on Facebook on Friday.

Thirty instances of shelling have been recorded in the Donetsk sector alone, the press center said.

Militants opened fire on Ukrainian army positions near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol 25 times. In particular, 120mm and 82mm mortars were used near the village of Talakivka. Ukrainian military positions in the villages of Shyrokyne, Starohnativka, and Slavne and the towns of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka came under fire as well, it said.

A mortar strike was recorded near the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka in the Luhansk sector, the press center said.