Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has targeted the country with 450 drones and 30 missiles overnight, targeting the energy sector and causing power outages in nine regions.
In Kyiv, nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and faced disruption to water supplies, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country’s south-east, according to the Ukrainian regional head.
Moscow has escalated attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for "real steps" from allies to apply pressure to Russia.
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