Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to drinking water, according to city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck the country's power systems, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the city have been transported for medical care, according to local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured intense attacks during nighttime hours. A minor died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults come after nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and authorities were preparing for more assaults.
