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During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

A number of civilians were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to water supplies, per reports from municipal leaders.

At the same time, a minor was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.

Moscow has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.

He said that 450 drones and more than 30 projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes struck power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.

Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by local officials.

Local officials said the urban area experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were hurt.

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

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

Government officials told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

Officials stated energy workers and officials were preparing for additional strikes.