Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and faced disruption to water systems, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a public message.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 missiles attacked energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to repair systems.
A series of attacks damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The strikes follow periods of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
He said energy workers and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
