Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water supplies, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and applying penalties," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets targeted energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks struck electrical systems and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A young boy lost their life and three other people were injured.
The strikes come after evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by invading troops.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
National leaders told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
He said energy workers and officials were anticipating further attacks.
