ISW: Russian forces in Avdiivka likely to need 'operational pause'
"Russian forces will likely have to conduct an operational pause before resuming significant offensive operations in the Avdiivka direction," analysts said.
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"Russian forces will likely have to conduct an operational pause before resuming significant offensive operations in the Avdiivka direction," analysts said.
Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have suggested that the Russian occupiers will have to take an operational pause before resuming offensive operations on the Avdiivka front or redeploy reinforcements from other parts of the front line to prevent the culmination of operations near Avdiivka.
Russia provided air support for troops in Avdiivka, an apparent first. It could spell trouble for future fighting.
Russian invaders on the Avdiivka front are still using small assault groups to launch offensive operations. Source: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, on Telegram Quote: "On the Avdiivka front, the enemy is attempting offensive actions with small assault groups; our defenders have repelled nine attacks near Lastochkyne, Sieverne, Pervomaiske, and Nevelske.
Delays in the provision of Western security aid to Ukraine have helped Russia launch offensive operations on several fronts at once to put pressure on Ukrainian forces there. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Analysts said that Russian troops are currently conducting at least three offensive operations on these fronts: along the border of Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts, in particular near Kupiansk and Lyman; in and around Avdiivka; near Robotyne in the west of Zaporizhzhia Oblas