Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Moscow has increased strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the G7 - in providing protection systems and enforcing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city endured intense attacks overnight. A minor was killed and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
