Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and applying penalties," mentioned in a social media post.
Officials stated that 450 drones and more than 30 rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child lost their life and several individuals were injured.
The assaults come after periods of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated energy workers and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.
