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 the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to water systems, as stated by municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to repair systems.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were wounded.
The strikes follow evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
He said technical personnel and officials were anticipating more assaults.
