Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water systems, per reports from municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has increased assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and applying penalties," he wrote in a public message.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks struck power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by local officials.
Local officials said the city experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and three other people were wounded.
The assaults follow nights of aerial attacks in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.
Officials stated energy workers and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.
