Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and faced interruptions to drinking water, as stated by municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.
Moscow has intensified assaults on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in delivering defensive weapons and applying restrictions," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets targeted energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Multiple people injured in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were injured.
The assaults follow periods of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were bracing for more assaults.
