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Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

Several individuals were hurt while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and faced problems to water systems, according to city officials.

Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.

Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.

"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and applying restrictions," was stated in a online statement.

Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets struck energy facilities, labeling such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.

The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.

A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.

Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.

Local officials said the metropolitan region came under intense attacks during nighttime hours. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were hurt.

The assaults follow periods of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.

All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.

Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.

Officials stated technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.