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Large-scale Moscow's Strikes Disrupt Electricity In Kyiv

Power facilities targeted in Ukraine
Ukraine's energy systems have come under escalating strikes in recent weeks

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

Several individuals were wounded while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and faced disruption to water supplies, as stated by municipal leaders.

At the same time, a minor was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.

Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has called for "real steps" from partner nations to increase pressure on Russia.

"What's needed is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a social media post.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.

Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.

Rescue operations in the capital
Projectiles struck civilian homes in the capital during the night

Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor died and several individuals were injured.

The attacks succeed periods of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by invading troops.

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

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.

He said technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.

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