🔗 Share this article

During the night, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Nine people were injured while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with problems to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

Meanwhile, a minor was killed in a different assault in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.

Moscow has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.

"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a public message.

Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.

The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to repair systems.

A series of attacks struck power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.

Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.

Regional authorities said the urban area came under significant strikes overnight. A young boy lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.

The assaults succeed nights of air raids in the territory, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.

National leaders told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.

Authorities confirmed technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.