Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and dealt with disruption to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to local officials.
Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
Officials stated that 450 drones and several dozen missiles targeted the country's power systems, describing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Government representatives said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people injured in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, according to city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The attacks follow evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated energy workers and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.
