Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to drinking water, according to local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the Group of Seven - in delivering protection systems and implementing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 missiles targeted energy facilities, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks struck power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A young boy died and three other people were injured.
The attacks follow periods of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.
