Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern districts were left without electricity and encountered disruption to water supplies, as stated by city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has increased attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and applying sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen rockets attacked energy facilities, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles damaged electrical systems and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Area administrators said the city experienced heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A minor died and three other people were hurt.
The assaults come after nights of bombing campaigns in the area, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
Authorities told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated energy workers and authorities were anticipating additional strikes.
