Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased assaults on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not window dressing but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing penalties," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such assaults as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the city experienced heavy assaults overnight. A minor was killed and three other people were hurt.
The attacks succeed evenings of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and officials were bracing for additional strikes.
