Armed units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) People's Republics have opened fire on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of fighting in Donbas 64 times in the past 24 hours, using artillery weapons and grenade launchers in their strikes, the press service of the headquarters of Kyiv's anti terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday.

In particular, 43 instances of shelling were recorded near the city of Mariupol, where militant forces fired 152mm cannon artillery on the outskirts of Maryinka and Shyrokyne, and fired 122 cannon artillery on Talakivka.

Ukrainian military positions in Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Talakivka, Krasnohorivka and Bohdanivka came under mortar fire, the headquarters said. In addition to that, small arms, grenade launchers and infantry fighting vehicle weapons were also used against Shyrokyne, Lebedynske, Vodiane, Pavlopil, Taramchuk and Talakivka. Militant snipers were also operating in Shyrokyne and Pavlopil.

The militants committed 15 ceasefire violations in the Luhansk region, where small arms, grenade launchers and mortars were fired on Krymske, Novozvanivka, Valuiske, Malynove, Novo-Oleksandrivka and Troyitske, and 122mm cannon artillery weapons were also used against Novozvanivka and Troyitske, the press service said.

Avdiyivka in the Donetsk region came under mortar fire, and 122mm artillery weapons were used against the village of Tonenke, the press service said.