Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and encountered problems to drinking water, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a young boy was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in providing air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city experienced heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were injured.
The assaults follow evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The entire country is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were preparing for more assaults.
