Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a public message.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and civilian homes in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area experienced intense attacks during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks follow nights of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already disrupting energy systems.
Officials stated technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.
