Major Russian Attacks Eliminate Electricity Throughout Ukraine's Capital
Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in delivering protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty projectiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" 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 struck power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Regional authorities said the urban area endured intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and three other people were wounded.
The attacks succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.