Intensive Moscow's Assaults Eliminate Electricity In Ukraine's Capital
Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.
Moscow has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city endured heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The strikes follow nights of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to identify.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.