Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen rockets targeted the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were hurt.
The assaults come after periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and authorities were preparing for more assaults.
