Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while local people in the city's east were plunged into darkness and encountered disruption to water supplies, as stated by city officials.
At the same time, a minor was lost their life in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty projectiles attacked energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes damaged energy infrastructure and civilian homes in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the city experienced intense attacks during nighttime hours. A young boy lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The assaults follow periods of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to identify.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the national power system, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
