During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a minor was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and applying sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty rockets attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A barrage of missiles struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A young boy lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The strikes follow periods of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The whole nation is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and officials were preparing for further attacks.
