Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, per reports from city officials.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a distinct aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has called for "real steps" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes overnight. A minor was killed and three other people were wounded.
The attacks come after periods of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The entire country is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
Authorities told reporters that Russia was intentionally trying to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.
