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Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water supplies, according to local authorities.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Russia.

"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," mentioned in a social media post.

Officials stated that 450 drones and over thirty missiles targeted the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

Government representatives said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.

Multiple people injured in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.

Regional authorities said the urban area experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were injured.

The strikes follow nights of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.

The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.

Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.

Officials stated energy workers and officials were bracing for more assaults.