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Major Russian Strikes Cut Electricity Across Kyiv

Energy infrastructure under attack in Ukraine
The country's power facilities have faced escalating attacks in recent weeks

During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Several individuals were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered disruption to drinking water, according to local authorities.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.

Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and implementing penalties," was stated in a social media post.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were striving to fix the damage.

A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.

Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by municipal representatives.

Emergency response in the capital
Projectiles struck apartment buildings in Kyiv during the night

Area administrators said the city came under intense attacks overnight. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were injured.

The strikes follow evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.

The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to identify.

Government officials told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting energy systems.

He said utility staff and authorities were anticipating additional strikes.

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