Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has called for "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in delivering air defence systems and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were working to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks follow nights of air raids in the area, portions of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with assaults already impacting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and authorities were preparing for more assaults.
