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Major Russian Strikes Disrupt Electricity Across Kyiv

Energy infrastructure under attack in the region
Ukraine's energy systems have come under escalating strikes in recent weeks

During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Russia.

"What is required is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.

Multiple people injured in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.

Emergency response in the capital
Russian missiles damaged residential structures in Kyiv during the night

Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were wounded.

The attacks succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.

Officials stated technical personnel and officials were bracing for more assaults.

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