Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were injured while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced disruption to water supplies, per reports from municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has called for "real steps" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty missiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and residential structures in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area came under intense attacks overnight. A minor was killed and three other people were injured.
The assaults follow periods of air raids in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
