Throughout the evening, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and encountered problems to drinking water, as stated by city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was killed in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on power infrastructure over the last fortnight, while the country's government has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in delivering protection systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
Officials stated that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 rockets struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the strikes on the city have been transported for medical care, according to municipal representatives.
Local officials said the city endured significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child lost their life and several individuals were injured.
The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the region, sections of which remain under the control of invading troops.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already disrupting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.
