Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was lost their life in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen rockets struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, according to local officials.
Local officials said the city experienced heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The assaults come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to spot.
Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
