During the night, Russian aerial assaults have led to blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to water systems, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that 450 drones and more than 30 missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks struck power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for additional strikes.
