During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to drinking water, as stated by city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has called for "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and applying sanctions," mentioned in a online statement.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were working to restore power.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the urban area endured heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The attacks follow nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
