Major Moscow's Strikes Disrupt Electricity Across Kyiv
Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water supplies, as stated by city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, the EU and the G7 - in providing protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were working to restore power.
A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from local officials.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region experienced significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults follow nights of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to identify.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
