Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and applying sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles struck the country's power systems, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.
Regional authorities said the urban area came under heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The strikes follow evenings of aerial attacks in the area, portions of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
