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Large-scale Russian Assaults Eliminate Electricity Throughout Kyiv

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

Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with problems to water supplies, according to local authorities.

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

Moscow has increased attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"What is required is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets struck the country's power systems, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to restore power.

A barrage of missiles damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.

Several of the people injured in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by local officials.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Projectiles hit apartment buildings in Kyiv during the night

Local officials said the city came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor was killed and several individuals were hurt.

The assaults follow nights of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.

All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.

Government officials told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.

He said technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.

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