Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered disruption to water systems, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and enforcing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Local officials said the city endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and officials were bracing for more assaults.
