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

Power facilities under attack in the region
The country's power facilities have faced escalating attacks in recent weeks

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

Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water systems, according to municipal leaders.

At the same time, a minor was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.

Russian forces has increased strikes on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in providing air defence systems and applying sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.

Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

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

A barrage of missiles damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.

Multiple people injured in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by local officials.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Russian missiles hit residential structures in the capital during the night

Local officials said the city came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and three other people were injured.

The attacks follow nights of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.

The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.

Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and officials were anticipating further attacks.

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