🔗 Share this article Major Russian Assaults Cut Power In Ukraine's Capital The country's energy systems have faced escalating strikes in the past few days Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital. A number of civilians were wounded while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water supplies, per reports from local authorities. Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a distinct assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, based on information from area administrators. Moscow has increased strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow. "What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a social media post. He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools. The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to repair systems. A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv. Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials. Projectiles hit residential structures in Kyiv during the night Area administrators said the urban area came under significant strikes throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were hurt. The attacks succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which remain under the control of Moscow's military. The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to spot. National leaders told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities. Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.