Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and dealt with problems to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a different assault in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has requested "real steps" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the major economies - in providing protection systems and implementing sanctions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A wave of strikes struck power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the urban area endured intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy died and several individuals were hurt.
The assaults succeed nights of bombing campaigns in the area, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already affecting fuel infrastructure.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and authorities were preparing for more assaults.
