Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "real steps" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and more than 30 rockets struck energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, according to municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes come after evenings of air raids in the region, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with attacks already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
