Levered FCF - Mandatory Debt Payments

Hi All, 

I'm learning technicals for IB interviews coming up, and I was encountering a finance problem on levered free cash flows. Does mandatory debt payments in LFCF, include only principal payments? Or do they include both interest and principal payments?

Thanks in advance. 

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