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During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water supplies, as stated by city officials.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Moscow has intensified strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.

"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen missiles attacked the country's power systems, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.

Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.

A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Several of the people injured in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.

Regional authorities said the city experienced intense attacks during nighttime hours. A minor was killed and three other people were wounded.

The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.

The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the national power system, with assaults already impacting energy systems.

He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating further attacks.