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During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.

Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.

Russian forces has increased strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "real steps" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.

"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," mentioned in a public message.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets attacked energy facilities, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Government representatives said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.

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

Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.

Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were wounded.

The assaults come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.

National leaders told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.

He said energy workers and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.