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During the night, Russian aerial assaults have caused power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

Nine people were injured while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced interruptions to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

At the same time, a minor was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, based on information from local officials.

Moscow has escalated attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.

"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and applying restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.

Authorities reported that 450 drones and several dozen missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.

A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.

Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor was killed and several individuals were hurt.

The attacks come after evenings of aerial attacks in the area, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.

All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.

Authorities told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

He said technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.