Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Moscow has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "real steps" from partner nations to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles struck the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were striving to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Area administrators said the urban area endured intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and officials were preparing for additional strikes.
