In the early days of Trump's new term, fighting intensified as Moscow and Kiev jostled for dominance.

A drone and missile attack hit the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye, killing one person and injuring at least 24 others, officials in the region said, while blaming Russia for the attack.

Governor Ivan Fedorov said more than 20,000 residents were without power, 17,000 were without power and an energy facility was destroyed as a result of the overnight attack.

He added that a 47-year-old man was killed in the attack and at least four emergency workers and a two-month-old baby were injured.

"Residential buildings... were damaged by the strike. The blast wave shattered windows and damaged the roof," Fedorov said on Telegram.

Subsequently, the Ukrainian military stated that 57 of the 92 drones launched by the Russian army in night attacks were shot down, adding that another 27 drones "lost their positioning" and did not cause any damage.

Thursday's deadly attack was the latest in a tense exchange in southern Ukraine as Moscow and Kiev jockey for advantage in the early days of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

Trump on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal with Ukraine, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the nearly three-year war .

Before taking office on Monday, Trump had pledged to end the war in Ukraine as soon as he took office, raising expectations that he would use the aid to force Kyiv to make concessions to Russia, which invaded in February 2022.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reported from Kyiv that Zaporozhye has come under heavy fire in the past 24 hours, with an estimated 361 attacks, including four ballistic missiles.

"The real concern right now is the people who don't have electricity. It's the middle of winter," Khan said.

Earlier, Russian-appointed officials in the partially occupied Zaporozhye region said at least four Ukrainian drones struck Enekhodar, a city whose residents mostly work at the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

Two power substations near Enehodar were reportedly attacked. There were no injuries and no details of the damage were provided.

Russia seized Europe's largest nuclear power plant, with six reactors, early in the war, and both sides have since accused the other of regularly attacking the facility.

"This was an act of terror," Maksim Pukha, the Russian-appointed acting mayor, told the Russian news agency. He said civilian infrastructure and residential areas had been attacked. "Peaceful residents should never be targeted in such attacks."