Intensive Russian Attacks Cut Power Across Ukraine's Capital
Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.
Moscow has increased assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen rockets targeted energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the city experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were hurt.
The attacks succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
He said energy workers and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
