Intensive Moscow's Assaults Eliminate Electricity In Ukraine's Capital
During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered problems to water supplies, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A wave of strikes damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people injured in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes succeed nights of air raids in the area, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.
The entire country is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.
