Major Moscow's Attacks Cut Power Throughout Ukraine's Capital
During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern districts were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and applying sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes hit power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor died and three other people were injured.
The attacks follow evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which are occupied by invading troops.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and officials were preparing for additional strikes.