Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water systems, according to city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was killed in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has called for "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the America, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets struck energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A series of attacks hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the city came under significant strikes throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were hurt.
The strikes come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.
Officials stated technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.
