During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while local people in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and dealt with interruptions to water systems, per reports from city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, according to local officials.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets attacked the country's power systems, characterizing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A barrage of missiles hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the urban area experienced intense attacks overnight. A young boy died and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to destroy the national power system, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and authorities were preparing for further attacks.
