Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced disruption to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
At the same time, a minor was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the US, European nations and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and enforcing restrictions," mentioned in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets targeted energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were working to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced significant strikes overnight. A young boy was killed and three other people were injured.
The strikes come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.
