Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy, authorities said.

The Russian attack, which combined hundreds of drones and nearly three dozen missiles, disrupted power supplies in nine regions and plunged entire districts of Kyiv into darkness.

AFP journalists in the capital heard several loud explosions overnight and experienced blackouts and water supply disruptions in different parts of the city.

Workers restored power to at least 678,000 households and companies in the capital by the evening, Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, said.

"Around 3 am, we heard a terrible rumbling. All the windows in the apartment were completely shattered," Kyiv re

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