During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to drinking water, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," mentioned in a online statement.
Officials stated that 450 drones and several dozen rockets struck energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were hurt.
The attacks come after nights of air raids in the area, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
