During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and dealt with disruption to drinking water, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and applying restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults come after periods of air raids in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
