Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in the city's east were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a young boy was killed in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in delivering air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
Officials stated that 450 drones and over thirty rockets attacked energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and three other people were hurt.
The attacks come after periods of aerial attacks in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.
