Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water systems, per reports from city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, based on information from area administrators.
Moscow has escalated strikes on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 rockets attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to repair systems.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced significant strikes overnight. A young boy lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The strikes follow nights of aerial attacks in the area, portions of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
