Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and faced interruptions to water systems, as stated by municipal leaders.
At the same time, a minor was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in providing protection systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes hit power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people injured in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The strikes succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the region, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
Officials stated technical personnel and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
