{"id":192492,"date":"2022-07-19T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=192492"},"modified":"2022-07-19T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:33:48","slug":"day-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/day-145","title":{"rendered":"Day 145: Ukraine maintains stable combat line, Russia continues to strike civilian targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ukrainian troops maintain stable combat line, repel Russian attacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Russian forces took losses and were forced to pull back on the Slovyansk and Avdiyivka axes. On the Bakhmut axis, the Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian assault. Ukraine stabilized the fighting, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said in a conversation with the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe managed to stabilize the situation. It is complex, intense, but fully controlled. The timely arrival of the M142 HIMARS systems was key in maintaining our defensive positions. [The HIMARS] strike enemy control and control stations, ammunition and fuel depots precisely,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian artillery strike on Toretsk kills six<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six people were killed as Russia conducted an artillery strike on Toretsk, in Donetsk region on the morning of July 18. The strike destroyed a two-story building with people inside,\u201d the State Emergency Service said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five corpses were pulled from under rubble. Three people were wounded, one of them later died at hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n