Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with problems to water systems, as stated by city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.
A barrage of missiles damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the urban area endured significant strikes overnight. A young boy died and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the area, portions of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.
