Intensive Moscow's Attacks Disrupt Electricity In Kyiv
During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while local people in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to drinking water, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has increased attacks on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A barrage of missiles damaged electrical systems and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and three other people were wounded.
The strikes come after periods of aerial attacks in the area, portions of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and officials were preparing for further attacks.
