Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern districts were left without electricity and dealt with problems to drinking water, according to city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a different assault in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified assaults on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets attacked the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.
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 metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were injured.
The strikes succeed periods of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
National leaders told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
