Overview
- Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces captured Seversk along with the nearby settlements of Kucherovka and Kurilovka.
- Putin praised Southern grouping commander Sergey Medvedev for meeting a pledge to seize Seversk by mid‑December and instructed commanders to continue operations in line with the campaign plan.
- Russian troops in Seversk joined the presidential meeting by video, and one soldier’s report was cut off, which Gerasimov attributed to enemy electronic‑warfare interference.
- Commanders said efforts are now centered on Konstantinovka, with Gerasimov reporting that Russian forces hold about 45% of the town’s buildings and that fighting there continues.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed heavy Ukrainian losses and said its forces control Lyman in Kharkiv region, while independent verification of battlefield claims remains limited.