Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has increased strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and more than 30 rockets attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the city have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by city authorities.
Area administrators said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with attacks already disrupting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and authorities were anticipating further attacks.