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Major Russian Attacks Cut Electricity Throughout Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities targeted in Ukraine
Ukraine's energy systems have come under escalating attacks in the past few days

Throughout the evening, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.

Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with problems to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.

Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles attacked the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.

A barrage of missiles damaged electrical systems and residential structures in the capital.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.

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

Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and several individuals were hurt.

The strikes follow evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.

Government officials told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting gas facilities.

He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating additional strikes.

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