Intensive Russian Attacks Cut Electricity In Kyiv
During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while local people in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to water supplies, as stated by local authorities.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a public message.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 missiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.
A series of attacks struck power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people injured in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.
Local officials said the city experienced heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A minor lost their life and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks follow periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The entire country is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to identify.
National leaders told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said energy workers and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.