Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and applying restrictions," mentioned in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to repair systems.
A series of attacks damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Local officials said the urban area came under intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were injured.
The assaults follow periods of air raids in the area, portions of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with strikes already disrupting energy systems.
He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
