Major Moscow's Attacks Disrupt Power Throughout Kyiv
During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with disruption to water systems, according to city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Moscow has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the America, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the city endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were wounded.
The assaults follow evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
