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Large-scale Russian Strikes Cut Power In Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities targeted in Ukraine
Ukraine's power facilities have come under increased attacks in recent weeks

Throughout the evening, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from city officials.

Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different assault in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, based on information from regional authorities.

Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.

"What's needed is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a public message.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes damaged power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.

Rescue operations in Kyiv
Projectiles struck residential structures in the capital throughout the evening

Regional authorities said the city experienced heavy assaults overnight. A minor died and three other people were injured.

The attacks come after nights of air raids in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.

The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to identify.

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting energy systems.

Officials stated energy workers and officials were preparing for more assaults.

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