Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and faced disruption to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles struck energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Regional authorities said the urban area came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and several individuals were injured.
The strikes succeed periods of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
He said utility staff and officials were anticipating additional strikes.
