Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced interruptions to water supplies, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the urban area endured intense attacks during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The attacks succeed nights of air raids in the area, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The entire country is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
