Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were left without electricity and dealt with problems to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, Europe and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.
Local officials said the urban area endured intense attacks during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and several individuals were injured.
The attacks succeed nights of air raids in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
Government officials told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.
