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Large-scale Russian Assaults Cut Power Across Ukraine's Capital

Energy infrastructure targeted in the region
The country's power facilities have come under increased attacks in recent weeks

Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were injured while local people in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and encountered disruption to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct assault in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.

Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "substantial measures" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.

"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and implementing penalties," was stated in a online statement.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to restore power.

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

Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.

Emergency response in the capital
Projectiles hit apartment buildings in the capital overnight

Local officials said the urban area experienced heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were injured.

The strikes succeed nights of air raids in the region, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

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

Authorities told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.

Authorities confirmed technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.

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