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Major Russian Strikes Disrupt Power Across Kyiv

Power facilities targeted in the region
Ukraine's power facilities have faced escalating strikes in the past few days

During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, according to city officials.

At the same time, a minor was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, based on information from local officials.

Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has demanded "substantial measures" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.

Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were working to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the city have been transported for medical care, according to municipal representatives.

Rescue operations in the capital
Projectiles hit apartment buildings in Kyiv overnight

Area administrators said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A minor lost their life and several individuals were hurt.

The strikes follow periods of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to identify.

Authorities told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.

Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.

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