Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a minor was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from partner nations to increase pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 projectiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region experienced intense attacks throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults succeed evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and authorities were anticipating more assaults.
