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During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to drinking water, as stated by local authorities.

Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Moscow has increased assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.

"The necessity is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a public message.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets attacked energy facilities, describing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.

A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and residential structures in the capital.

Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.

Regional authorities said the urban area endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and several individuals were injured.

The strikes come after nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.

The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.

Authorities told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.

He said utility staff and officials were preparing for more assaults.