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Major Russian Assaults Cut Power Across Kyiv

Energy infrastructure targeted in the region
The country's energy systems have faced escalating attacks in recent weeks

During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to drinking water, as stated by local authorities.

Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a distinct assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.

Russian forces has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the Group of Seven - in delivering protection systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a social media post.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets struck the country's power systems, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were striving to restore power.

A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Projectiles struck civilian homes in Kyiv throughout the evening

Area administrators said the city experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were injured.

The attacks come after nights of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.

The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.

Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.

Officials stated technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating further attacks.

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