During the night, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water systems, according to local authorities.
Simultaneously, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has escalated attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "real steps" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and several dozen rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under significant strikes overnight. A young boy lost their life and multiple civilians were injured.
The strikes come after periods of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which are occupied by Russian forces.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to spot.
Authorities told journalists that Russia was deliberately attempting to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.
