Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to drinking water, according to municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased assaults on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from partner nations to exert influence on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
Officials stated that 450 drones and more than 30 rockets attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults follow periods of bombing campaigns in the region, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Government officials told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
