Kyiv sees 31 militant attacks on Ukrainian army positions in past 24 hours

Some 31 militant attacks on Ukrainian army positions were seen in Donbas over the past day, the army operation press service said on Facebook on Friday.

Activity was the highest in the Mariupol sector, where 17 shelling incidents occurred, it said.

"The hostiles were using small arms near Talakivka, and small arms, grenade launchers and machine guns were employed in Shyrokyne and Lybidinske. Shelling involving 82mm and 120mm mortars continued near Pavlopil, Vodiane and Krasnohorivka," the report said.

The Donetsk and Luhansk sectors saw seven attacks on Ukrainian army positions each.

Infantry combat vehicles attacked Luhanske, and mortars, grenade launchers, machineguns and small arms were fired in the vicinity of Avdiyivka in the Donetsk sector, the report said.

The militants fired small arms on Syze, 82mm mortars on Orikhove, and grenade launchers on the outskirts of Triokhizbenka, Stanytsia Luhanska, Novozvanivka and Novo-Oleksandrivka in the Luhansk sector, the press service said.