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Large-scale Russian Strikes Cut Power In Ukraine's Capital

Energy infrastructure targeted in Ukraine
Ukraine's power facilities have come under escalating attacks in the past few days

Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to drinking water, according to city officials.

At the same time, a minor was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.

Russian forces has increased attacks on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.

"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a public message.

Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

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

A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Multiple people injured in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.

Emergency response in the capital
Projectiles damaged residential structures in Kyiv throughout the evening

Regional authorities said the city endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.

The assaults succeed nights of air raids in the region, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.

Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.

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