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Large-scale Moscow's Assaults Cut Electricity In Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities under attack in the region
The country's energy systems have come under increased strikes in recent weeks

Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have caused blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, as stated by municipal leaders.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.

Moscow has increased attacks on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has requested "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the G7 - in providing protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a public message.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.

A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.

Emergency response in the capital
Russian missiles damaged civilian homes in the capital during the night

Local officials said the urban area experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were wounded.

The attacks succeed nights of air raids in the area, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.

The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.

Government officials told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting energy systems.

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

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