During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and implementing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were working to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A minor was killed and three other people were wounded.
The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and officials were preparing for more assaults.
