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Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

A number of civilians were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to water supplies, as stated by local authorities.

Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.

Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while officials has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.

"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a public message.

Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets attacked the country's power systems, labeling such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.

Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were striving to restore power.

A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and residential structures in Kyiv.

Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by municipal representatives.

Area administrators said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks overnight. A young boy died and multiple civilians were hurt.

The assaults succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.

The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.

Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.

He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating more assaults.