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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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Large-scale Moscow's Strikes Disrupt Electricity Across Kyiv

Energy infrastructure targeted in the region
The country's energy systems have come under increased attacks in recent weeks

Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from city officials.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, based on information from local officials.

Russian forces has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.

"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.

A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.

Rescue operations in the capital
Projectiles damaged apartment buildings in Kyiv overnight

Regional authorities said the city came under significant strikes throughout the evening. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were hurt.

The strikes succeed periods of air raids in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by invading troops.

The whole nation is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.

Authorities told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.

He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for more assaults.

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