The pace of Russian offensive operations near Avdiivka has sharply slowed down after the capture of the city. The aggressor’s forces will either have to take an operational pause or redeploy reinforcements to this area from other parts of the front, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The department refers to a statement by Dmytro Lykhoviy, a spokesman for the Tavria group of troops, who noted that the number of Russian shellings in the Avdiivka direction has significantly decreased over the past day. The Russian shelling and the activity of aviation in this area…