During the night, Russian aerial assaults have resulted in power cuts in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.
Moscow has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in delivering air defence systems and implementing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty rockets struck the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The strikes come after nights of aerial attacks in the region, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.
