Intensive Russian Assaults Cut Power Across Ukraine's Capital
Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and faced problems to water systems, according to local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, European nations and the Group of Seven - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets struck the country's power systems, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the city have been transported for medical care, according to municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The assaults succeed periods of aerial attacks in the area, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
National leaders told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for additional strikes.
