During the night, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and faced disruption to water systems, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, the EU and the Group of Seven - in supplying protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
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 the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Area administrators said the city came under intense attacks overnight. A young boy lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes come after evenings of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
