Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water systems, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Russian forces has increased strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "real steps" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, Europe and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles attacked the country's power systems, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were working to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the city experienced significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the national power system, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
