Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing protection systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles attacked the country's power systems, characterizing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were working to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.
Area administrators said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A minor was killed and three other people were wounded.
The attacks follow nights of air raids in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to identify.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting energy systems.
Officials stated technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.
