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Large-scale Moscow's Strikes Cut Power Across Kyiv

Power facilities targeted in Ukraine
The country's energy systems have faced escalating attacks in recent weeks

Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, as stated by city officials.

At the same time, a minor was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.

Russian forces has escalated attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.

"What is required is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," mentioned in a social media post.

Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.

A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.

Emergency response in Kyiv
Aerial weapons hit civilian homes in the capital throughout the evening

Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and several individuals were injured.

The strikes come after nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.

The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.

Authorities told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.

Officials stated utility staff and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.

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