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Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, according to city officials.

At the same time, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.

Moscow has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the America, the EU and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.

A series of attacks damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.

Several of the people injured in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.

Regional authorities said the urban area came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor was killed and three other people were wounded.

The strikes succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are occupied by invading troops.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.

Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting energy systems.

He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for additional strikes.