Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, as stated by municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has demanded "real steps" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks struck electrical systems and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under significant strikes throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were hurt.
The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and authorities were anticipating more assaults.
