Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water systems, as stated by local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and several dozen rockets struck the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the city experienced heavy assaults overnight. A young boy lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and officials were preparing for further attacks.
