Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, per reports from city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has called for "real steps" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in delivering air defence systems and applying penalties," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks hit electrical systems and civilian homes in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the city endured intense attacks overnight. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults come after evenings of aerial attacks in the area, portions of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
Officials stated energy workers and authorities were preparing for more assaults.
