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 injured while local people in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and faced problems to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a minor was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the Group of Seven - in delivering air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles targeted the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were wounded.
The assaults follow evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by invading troops.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
Officials stated energy workers and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
