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Major Moscow's Assaults Eliminate Electricity Throughout Kyiv

Energy infrastructure under attack in Ukraine
The country's energy systems have come under increased attacks in recent weeks

Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

A number of civilians were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water systems, per reports from local authorities.

At the same time, a minor was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.

Russian forces has escalated assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.

"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to restore power.

A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.

Several of the people injured in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.

Rescue operations in the capital
Russian missiles damaged civilian homes in Kyiv during the night

Local officials said the urban area endured heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were hurt.

The strikes follow nights of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by invading troops.

The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.

Authorities told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and officials were bracing for additional strikes.

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