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During the night, Russian aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Several individuals were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and faced interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Moscow has increased strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and applying restrictions," mentioned in a online statement.

Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets struck energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.

Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.

A barrage of missiles struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, per statements from city authorities.

Area administrators said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and three other people were injured.

The strikes succeed periods of air raids in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.

All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.

National leaders told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and authorities were preparing for further attacks.