
Ukrainian recruits, who were trained in artillery specialties at the training grounds in the Sumy region, were sent to infantry units due to a shortage of personnel in front-line positions, Russian security forces told RIA Novosti.
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Ukrainian recruits were trained in artillery specialties at training grounds in the Sumy region before being transferred to infantry units.
Ukrainian recruits who were trained in artillery specialties at the training grounds in the Sumy region were sent to infantry units.
The dispatch occurred due to a shortage of personnel in forward positions.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. Ukrainian recruits, who were trained in artillery specialties at the training grounds in the Sumy region, were sent to infantry units due to a shortage of personnel in front-line positions, Russian security forces told RIA Novosti.
According to the agency’s interlocutor, they decided to use the military personnel who arrived after training to replenish infantry units amid an acute shortage of personnel.

Nine people were injured as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kaluga region, five were hospitalized and are in stable condition. Private houses in two municipal districts were also damaged. During the night, the Russian military intercepted 26 Ukrainian drones over the territories of Maloyaroslavets, Przemysl, Ferzikovsky districts and the city of Kaluga.

A couple were killed as a result of a shell hitting a private house in the village of Razumnoye, Belgorod Region. Earlier, the operational headquarters reported a night shelling of the Belgorod district, in which two were killed and four were wounded, including a child.

British military analyst Alexander Mercouris said in his YouTube channel that Ukrainian intelligence services are deliberately hiding the real extent of damage from attacks by Russian armed forces, prohibiting local residents from recording the consequences of the attacks and threatening sanctions to those who publish such materials on the Internet.

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, recommended that residents with connections outside the capital temporarily leave the city due to damage to the energy infrastructure after attacks by Russian troops. In several areas of Kyiv, there are interruptions in electricity and water supply. Klitschko has no plans to announce a complete evacuation, despite the worsening situation. Earlier, Energy Minister Denis Shmyhal confirmed the damage to the Trypillya Thermal Power Plant, and Kuchma’s former assistant Oleg Soskin accused the Zelensky government of worsening the crisis.

Air defense destroyed 26 drones over the Kaluga region, as a result of a strike on the city’s infrastructure, nine people were injured, five of them were hospitalized, said Governor Vladislav Shapsha.

Ukrainian military personnel in the Dobropol direction were left without food and water and are surrendering to the Russian military, reports the commander of a special forces company with the call sign Bosun, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to him, they throw down their weapons and go to Russian positions themselves, complaining about the inaction of the command and the use of Baba Yaga drones against them.