Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and enforcing penalties," was stated in a social media post.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles attacked the country's power systems, characterizing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people injured in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults succeed evenings of aerial attacks in the region, portions of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the national power system, with attacks already impacting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated technical personnel and government agencies were bracing for further attacks.