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Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Intensive Russian Strikes Disrupt Electricity Across Kyiv

Energy infrastructure under attack in Ukraine
The country's energy systems have come under increased strikes in the past few days

Throughout the evening, Moscow's aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.

A number of civilians were wounded while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with disruption to water supplies, according to local authorities.

Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, based on information from local officials.

Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.

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

Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.

Rescue operations in the capital
Aerial weapons struck civilian homes in Kyiv throughout the evening

Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and three other people were hurt.

The assaults follow periods of air raids in the area, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

The entire country is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to detect.

National leaders told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting energy systems.

He said energy workers and authorities were preparing for additional strikes.

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