Overview
- During an inspection of the 'North' command, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov heard reports from commander Col. Gen. Yevgeny Nikiforov and unit leaders.
- He reported control of roughly 950 square kilometers and 32 settlements, with 14 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and 18 in Sumy.
- December pace increased, with seven settlements taken this month in the stated effort to widen a border “security zone.”
- Engineering units are conducting demining in the Sudzhansky, Glushkovsky, and Korenevsky districts of Russia’s Kursk region.
- The figures and assessments were delivered in a Defense Ministry video and reflect official claims not independently verified in the reports.