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Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.

Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and dealt with interruptions to water supplies, as stated by city officials.

Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.

Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.

"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in delivering protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.

Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.

Multiple people injured in the strikes on the capital have been transported for medical care, according to local officials.

Local officials said the urban area came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor was killed and three other people were injured.

The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to detect.

Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

Officials stated utility staff and officials were bracing for additional strikes.