Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water supplies, according to city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets struck energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
Energy officials said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The attacks succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.
