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Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

Several individuals were wounded while residents in eastern districts were left without electricity and dealt with disruption to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to area administrators.

Moscow has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.

"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in delivering protection systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a public message.

Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles struck the country's power systems, describing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.

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

Several of the people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.

Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and multiple civilians were injured.

The attacks follow nights of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.

All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.

National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.

Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.