Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was killed in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," was stated in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets targeted energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A wave of strikes damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and multiple civilians were hurt.
The attacks come after periods of bombing campaigns in the region, portions of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The whole nation is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the national power system, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
Officials stated energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
