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Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a distinct assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.

Moscow has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and implementing sanctions," mentioned in a social media post.

He said that 450 drones and more than 30 missiles targeted energy facilities, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and residential structures in Kyiv.

Five out of the nine people injured in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.

Local officials said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor died and several individuals were injured.

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

The whole nation is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.

Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting gas facilities.

Authorities confirmed technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.