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During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

Several individuals were hurt while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, as stated by local authorities.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, based on information from area administrators.

Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has demanded "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.

"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.

Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.

A series of attacks struck power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.

Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by local officials.

Local officials said the urban area came under heavy assaults overnight. A minor died and multiple civilians were hurt.

The assaults come after periods of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.

The entire country is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to identify.

Authorities told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting energy systems.

Officials stated energy workers and officials were bracing for more assaults.