Major Russian Strikes Disrupt Electricity Throughout Ukraine's Capital
During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water supplies, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," was stated in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and more than 30 projectiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes come after nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and authorities were preparing for additional strikes.