Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water systems, per reports from municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that 450 drones and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes come after evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.
Officials stated energy workers and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
