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Intensive Moscow's Assaults Disrupt Electricity Across Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities under attack in Ukraine
Ukraine's energy systems have faced increased strikes in recent weeks

Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water systems, according to local authorities.

At the same time, a young boy was lost their life in a distinct assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to local officials.

Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.

"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets attacked energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.

A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to municipal representatives.

Emergency response in Kyiv
Aerial weapons hit civilian homes in Kyiv during the night

Area administrators said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.

The strikes come after nights of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.

All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to detect.

Government officials told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.

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