Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, based on information from area administrators.
Moscow has intensified attacks on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a public message.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles struck the country's power systems, labeling such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the area, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to identify.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
