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Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced interruptions to drinking water, as stated by city officials.

Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.

Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has called for "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the G7 - in providing protection systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.

He said that 450 drones and more than 30 missiles struck the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.

A wave of strikes damaged electrical systems and residential structures in Kyiv.

Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.

Area administrators said the city endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor died and three other people were hurt.

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

The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.

Government officials told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for additional strikes.