Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were experienced blackouts and dealt with disruption to water systems, as stated by local authorities.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has increased assaults on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and applying restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people injured in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the city came under significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were wounded.
The strikes succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and officials were preparing for more assaults.
