Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a young boy was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
Government representatives said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under intense attacks overnight. A minor died and several individuals were injured.
The assaults come after periods of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and authorities were anticipating more assaults.