Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water supplies, as stated by local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, based on information from area administrators.
Moscow has escalated attacks on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A young boy was killed and three other people were hurt.
The assaults come after evenings of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated utility staff and authorities were anticipating more assaults.
