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During the night, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.

Several individuals were hurt while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water supplies, according to city officials.

Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by area administrators.

Russian forces has increased strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.

He said that 450 drones and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.

Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.

Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.

Regional authorities said the urban area experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were injured.

The assaults come after nights of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.

The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with assaults already impacting energy systems.

He said energy workers and officials were bracing for additional strikes.