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Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.

Nine people were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced interruptions to water systems, as stated by local authorities.

At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.

Moscow has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Russia.

"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.

He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen rockets attacked energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.

Energy officials said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.

A barrage of missiles hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.

Several of the people injured in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.

Local officials said the urban area endured heavy assaults overnight. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were injured.

The strikes come after periods of air raids in the area, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.

The entire country is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.

Authorities told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.

Authorities confirmed energy workers and authorities were anticipating additional strikes.