Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, as stated by municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was lost their life in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and applying penalties," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that 450 drones and over thirty rockets targeted the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Area administrators said the city endured intense attacks overnight. A seven-year-old child lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating more assaults.
