Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and faced disruption to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased strikes on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that 450 drones and several dozen projectiles struck energy facilities, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to restore power.
A barrage of missiles damaged electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and several individuals were hurt.
The strikes come after periods of air raids in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the national power system, with attacks already impacting energy systems.
He said utility staff and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.
