During the night, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen projectiles attacked energy facilities, describing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people injured in the assaults on the city have been transported for medical care, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The assaults succeed evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and authorities were preparing for additional strikes.
