Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were plunged into darkness and faced interruptions to drinking water, as stated by municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "real steps" from partner nations to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but decisive action - from the America, the EU and the major economies - in delivering air defence systems and applying restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and more than 30 projectiles targeted energy facilities, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes struck energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the city came under heavy assaults overnight. A young boy was killed and several individuals were wounded.
The assaults succeed periods of aerial attacks in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of invading troops.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
Officials stated technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.
