Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to water supplies, according to city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets struck energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.
Local officials said the urban area experienced significant strikes throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults come after nights of air raids in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and officials were preparing for more assaults.
