Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in extensive areas of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were hurt while local people in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and encountered interruptions to water supplies, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a minor was lost their life in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in providing air defence systems and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles targeted energy facilities, describing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles struck electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by local officials.
Regional authorities said the city endured heavy assaults overnight. A young boy died and three other people were wounded.
The assaults succeed evenings of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told the media that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and officials were preparing for further attacks.
