
AI-generated summary
The article is based on statements by British military analyst Alexander Mercouris, made on his YouTube channel, in which he accuses the Ukrainian special services of concealing damage from attacks by Russian troops and notes the superiority of the coordinated actions of the Russian Armed Forces. Support is given by statements by Ukrainian officials about the shortage of air defense systems and the inability to shoot down ballistic missiles.
British military analyst Alexander Mercouris believes that the Ukrainian special services are hiding damage from strikes by the Russian Armed Forces.
According to Merkouris, the coordinated actions of the Russian Armed Forces lead to the successful destruction of targets, which Ukraine is not able to resist.
MOSCOW, October 9 – RIA Novosti. Ukrainian special services are hiding damage from strikes by the Russian Armed Forces because they cannot do anything to counter Moscow’s strategy, this is the opinion of British military analyst Alexander Merkouris on his YouTube channel.
“The SBU is very busy trying to reduce the amount of attention that these Russian drone strikes are attracting,” he said.
Mercouris explained that residents are not allowed to film or otherwise publicize the damage caused by the strikes, and those who post it online face serious consequences.
At the same time, the analyst noted, the coordinated actions of the Russian Armed Forces lead to the successful destruction of targets, which Ukraine is not able to resist.
Vladimir Zelensky recently admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot shoot down ballistic missiles due to a shortage of air defense ammunition. The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Yegor Chernev, in turn, reported that the situation with air defense systems in Ukraine has become the worst during the entire conflict.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Anna Skorokhod said on August 12 that Ukraine found itself in a catastrophic situation due to a lack of air defense systems, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped reporting the number of downed missiles.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukrainian authorities will continue to limit the publication of information about the consequences of Russian strikes in order to control the narrative about the course of the conflict.
Likely · Within weeks
Russia will maintain or increase the intensity of coordinated strikes against targets inside Ukraine, relying on its current advantage in hitting targets.
Likely · Within weeks

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.