During the night, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with interruptions to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," mentioned in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty projectiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes struck power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city came under intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were wounded.
The strikes come after nights of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said energy workers and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
