During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has increased strikes on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "real steps" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and applying sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city experienced intense attacks overnight. A minor lost their life and multiple civilians were injured.
The strikes succeed periods of air raids in the territory, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
