Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in providing air defence systems and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Regional authorities said the city came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The attacks come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to identify.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
