Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles targeted energy facilities, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and three other people were hurt.
The strikes succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
Authorities told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with assaults already impacting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and officials were preparing for additional strikes.
