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Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

A number of civilians were hurt while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and faced disruption to water supplies, according to local authorities.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a distinct assault in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.

Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from partner nations to exert influence on Russia.

"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and applying sanctions," mentioned in a social media post.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles attacked energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.

A series of attacks hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, according to municipal representatives.

Local officials said the urban area endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and three other people were injured.

The attacks succeed nights of aerial attacks in the area, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

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

Government officials told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.

He said energy workers and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.