Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while local people in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and dealt with interruptions to drinking water, as stated by local authorities.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in providing protection systems and applying restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty rockets struck the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people injured in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the city came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were hurt.
The assaults succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated technical personnel and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
