Large-scale Moscow's Strikes Cut Electricity In Ukraine's Capital
Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and dealt with problems to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.
The attacks follow nights of air raids in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated technical personnel and officials were preparing for further attacks.
