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Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.

Several individuals were wounded while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.

Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.

Moscow has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.

"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the Group of Seven - in delivering defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.

He said that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.

The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.

A wave of strikes hit power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.

Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.

Regional authorities said the urban area came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A minor died and three other people were wounded.

The assaults come after periods of air raids in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.

All of Ukraine is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.

Authorities told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with strikes already impacting energy systems.

He said technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating further attacks.