The Russian military liberated Kucherovka and Kurilovka in the area of their

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took the village of Kurilovka. This was announced on December 11 by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, at a meeting on the situation in the SVR zone.

"By squeezing the encirclement ring, the assault units liberated the settlements of Kucherovka and Kurilovka," he said in a report to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that Putin had received a detailed report on the liberation of Seversk. He said that the meeting was attended by Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Sergei Medvedev, Commander of the Southern Group of Troops, and Denis Pirogov, commander of the 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade.

In late November, Putin reported that the Russian army had surrounded Seversk from three sides. At the same time, the President stressed that the collapse of the front was inevitable for Ukraine if the situation in Kupyansk, whose liberation became known on November 20, was repeated in other sectors of the front.

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