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Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

A number of civilians were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, according to city officials.

Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.

Moscow has escalated assaults on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Russia.

"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.

Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets attacked energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to repair systems.

A series of attacks struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.

Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.

Regional authorities said the urban area experienced heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.

The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.

All of Ukraine is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to detect.

Authorities told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with assaults already disrupting energy systems.

Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.