Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and several dozen rockets attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The strikes succeed periods of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and officials were preparing for additional strikes.
