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Major Moscow's Attacks Disrupt Electricity Throughout Kyiv

Power facilities targeted in the region
The country's power facilities have come under escalating attacks in the past few days

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

A number of civilians were hurt while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.

Moscow has intensified assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.

"What is required is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.

Authorities reported that 450 drones and several dozen projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.

The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes damaged electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.

Several of the people injured in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, according to local officials.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Russian missiles hit civilian homes in Kyiv during the night

Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were wounded.

The strikes follow periods of aerial attacks in the region, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.

All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to identify.

National leaders told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.

He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.

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