Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced problems to drinking water, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the major economies - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a social media post.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and civilian homes in the capital.
Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A young boy died and several individuals were injured.
The strikes follow evenings of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are occupied by Russian forces.
All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting energy systems.
Officials stated energy workers and officials were preparing for more assaults.
