Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with disruption to water systems, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.
Moscow has increased strikes on energy facilities over the past few days, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen missiles targeted energy facilities, describing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A barrage of missiles damaged electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and officials were anticipating additional strikes.
