Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water supplies, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in providing protection systems and applying sanctions," mentioned in a social media post.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the city experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The attacks succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the area, portions of which are occupied by Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
