Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a young boy was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles targeted the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.
Area administrators said the urban area experienced significant strikes overnight. A young boy died and several individuals were wounded.
The strikes come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and officials were anticipating more assaults.
