Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water supplies, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has called for "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," mentioned in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen rockets struck energy facilities, describing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the city endured heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and three other people were hurt.
The strikes follow periods of air raids in the region, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
