Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were hurt while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and faced interruptions to water systems, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a young boy was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has called for "substantial measures" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the Group of Seven - in delivering air defence systems and applying restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles attacked the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the urban area endured heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks succeed 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 harder to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the national power system, with attacks already affecting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were bracing for more assaults.
