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Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Large-scale Moscow's Attacks Eliminate Power In Ukraine's Capital

Power facilities under attack in Ukraine
Ukraine's power facilities have come under escalating strikes in recent weeks

During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were injured while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to water systems, as stated by city officials.

Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, according to local officials.

Russian forces has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.

"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.

Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.

A series of attacks struck power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.

Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.

Emergency response in Kyiv
Russian missiles damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv throughout the evening

Area administrators said the urban area experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were hurt.

The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.

All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.

Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already disrupting gas facilities.

Authorities confirmed technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.

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