Large-scale Russian Attacks Cut Electricity Across Kyiv

Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were hurt while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water systems, per reports from local authorities.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.

Russian forces has increased assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.

"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

Authorities reported that 450 drones and more than 30 missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.

The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were striving to repair systems.

A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.

Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.

Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.

The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.

The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.

Authorities told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.

He said utility staff and authorities were preparing for additional strikes.