Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and faced disruption to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the America, the EU and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and applying sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets attacked the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
Energy officials said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by local officials.
Area administrators said the city came under heavy assaults overnight. A young boy died and several individuals were injured.
The attacks come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for additional strikes.
