Russian President Vladimir Putin held a virtual meeting with commanders where Southern Grouping Commander Lt. Gen. Sergei Medvedev claimed elements of the Russian 3rd Combined Arms Army seized Siversk.
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Russian 3rd CAA seized Siversk - unconfirmed as of December 11
Luhansk Oblast is almost entirely under Russian control, while Ukrainian forces hold roughly 6,600 square kilometers (2,550 square miles) in Donetsk Oblast, including the key cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ukrainian artillerymen of the 63rd Brigade destroyed a Russian equipment column with infantry in the Pokrovsk direction using cluster munitions
The attack hit approximately a dozen enemy vehicles from a distance of 12 km in the Lyman direction
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