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Intensive Russian Strikes Cut Electricity In Ukraine's Capital

Energy infrastructure targeted in Ukraine
The country's power facilities have faced increased attacks in the past few days

Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were injured while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced interruptions to drinking water, according to city officials.

Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different assault in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.

Russian forces has escalated strikes on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.

"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted the country's power systems, labeling such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by municipal representatives.

Rescue operations in the capital
Aerial weapons hit residential structures in Kyiv throughout the evening

Local officials said the city endured heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and several individuals were injured.

The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.

All of Ukraine is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.

Government officials told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.

He said energy workers and authorities were bracing for more assaults.

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Jim Rogers

A tech journalist and digital strategist with over a decade of experience covering emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.

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