During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while local people in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and dealt with problems to drinking water, per reports from municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from allies to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in providing defensive weapons and applying penalties," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 missiles struck energy facilities, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were striving to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Several of the people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been transported for medical care, per statements from local officials.
Area administrators said the city experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor lost their life and three other people were injured.
The assaults succeed nights of air raids in the region, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are tougher to identify.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
