Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to drinking water, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," mentioned in a public message.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Regional authorities said the urban area endured intense attacks throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The strikes follow evenings of air raids in the territory, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and officials were preparing for more assaults.
