During the night, Russian aerial assaults have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water systems, per reports from municipal leaders.
At the same time, a young boy was lost their life in a distinct assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has increased attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and applying sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks follow periods of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with assaults already affecting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
