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Intensive Moscow's Strikes Disrupt Electricity In Kyiv

Power facilities targeted in the region
The country's energy systems have faced escalating attacks in the past few days

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

Nine people were hurt while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.

Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.

Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.

He said that 450 drones and over thirty rockets struck energy facilities, describing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.

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

Five out of the nine people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Projectiles struck civilian homes in Kyiv during the night

Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults overnight. A young boy died and several individuals were injured.

The strikes follow periods of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.

National leaders told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting gas facilities.

He said technical personnel and officials were anticipating further attacks.

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