Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water systems, as stated by local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate assault in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated assaults on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles struck energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the strikes on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the city came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child was killed and three other people were injured.
The strikes follow nights of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and authorities were preparing for additional strikes.
