Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to drinking water, as stated by city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from regional authorities.
Moscow has increased strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "real steps" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the Group of Seven - in delivering air defence systems and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty missiles targeted the country's power systems, labeling such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to restore power.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, according to city authorities.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and several individuals were injured.
The assaults succeed periods of air raids in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
He said utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.
