During the night, Russian aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in delivering air defence systems and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
Officials stated that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes overnight. A young boy was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told reporters that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.
