Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while local people in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water systems, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a different Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Moscow has increased assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and implementing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor died and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which remain under the control of invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to identify.
Government officials told the media that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and officials were bracing for further attacks.
