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Large-scale Moscow's Attacks Disrupt Power Across Kyiv

Power facilities under attack in the region
Ukraine's power facilities have come under escalating attacks in the past few days

During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

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

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.

Moscow has increased assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.

"What is required is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and applying restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that 450 drones and over thirty missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.

A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from municipal representatives.

Rescue operations in the capital
Aerial weapons struck apartment buildings in the capital throughout the evening

Area administrators said the urban area endured heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and three other people were wounded.

The attacks come after periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are occupied by invading troops.

All of Ukraine is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to spot.

Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and officials were preparing for more assaults.

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