Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water systems, per reports from city officials.
Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.
Russian forces has increased assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Area administrators said the urban area experienced significant strikes throughout the evening. A minor was killed and several individuals were injured.
The strikes succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
