Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern districts were left without electricity and faced problems to drinking water, as stated by municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated attacks on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while officials has demanded "real steps" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in delivering air defence systems and implementing penalties," mentioned in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets targeted energy facilities, describing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the urban area experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes succeed periods of air raids in the territory, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with assaults already affecting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and officials were preparing for further attacks.
