DONETSK, January 27. /TASS/. The armed forces of Ukraine shelled populated areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 48 times over the past 24 hours, firing 288 projectiles, the DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes said in the early hours of Friday.

"Over the past day, the mission reported 48 shelling attacks carried out by Ukrainian armed formations," the mission said on its Telegram channel.

Ten populated areas in the DPR, including Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeyevka and Yasinovataya were under attack on Thursday.

Two civilians were injured as a result of those attacks.