Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, as stated by local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has increased strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in providing protection systems and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A series of attacks hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people injured in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child was killed and multiple civilians were injured.
The strikes succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
