Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and faced interruptions to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," was stated in a public message.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people injured in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and officials were bracing for further attacks.
