Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water systems, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has escalated strikes on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and applying restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the city came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The attacks follow evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to identify.
Government officials told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.
