Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has increased attacks on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets struck the country's power systems, labeling such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.
Area administrators said the urban area came under significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were injured.
The strikes come after nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.
