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Major Moscow's Strikes Disrupt Power Across Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities under attack in Ukraine
The country's power facilities have faced escalating attacks in the past few days

Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.

Moscow has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "real steps" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in providing protection systems and implementing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.

A wave of strikes damaged power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Multiple people injured in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Aerial weapons damaged residential structures in the capital overnight

Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were hurt.

The attacks come after nights of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.

The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to detect.

Authorities told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting gas facilities.

Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.

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