Illegal armed groups on Friday afternoon fired at the positions of Ukrainian armed forces near the village of Pisky, Donetsk region, the ATO press center has reported.

"Today, from 15:15 until 15:45 terrorists fired at our positions near the village of Pisky. Russian-terrorist mercenaries fired at our troops from automatic and rifle-attached grenade launchers and small arms... The information about the wounded and dead is to be confirmed and will be provided by a spokesman of the president's staff for the ATO issues," the press center reported on its Facebook page on Friday night.

The press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that as a result of the shelling one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another wounded.