At least one seven-year-old child died and 10 others were injured after Russia launched large-scale drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on Friday, media reports said.
A part of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was left without power following the strikes.
The Kyiv Independent reported that the blasts were recorded around 2.30 a.m. and then again at 3.30 a.m.
“From the explosions that just occurred — a ballistic missile attack is ongoing. Missiles, one after another, air defence is active,” Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
According to reports, Kyiv’s left bank was left without electricity.
The city’s water supply was also affected by the strikes.
A residential building was destroyed in the attacks in the Holosiivskyi district.
Meanwhile, in Zaporizhzhia, Russian strikes killed a seven-year-old boy and injured at least three others, officials told The Kyiv Independent.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is being pressurised to reach peace in the region.
“We support all global diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving peace in the Middle East, and we strongly expect that just pressure on Russia will bring peace to Ukraine and to our entire region as well. It is important that the leadership of the United States continue to be effective,” he wrote on X.
Ukraine: Off-site power to be restored at nuclear plant
Meanwhile, following intensive consultations with the Russian Federation, a process has begun to restore external electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael Mariano Grossi announced on Thursday in an update.
On 23 September, the ZNPP lost connection to the grid for the tenth time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Both sides blamed the damage on military activities.
