During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered disruption to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has requested "real steps" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the America, Europe and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen rockets targeted energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the city endured heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks succeed nights of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
