Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water supplies, according to city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was lost their life in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to area administrators.
Moscow has escalated attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen missiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and technical staff were laboring to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A minor was killed and several individuals were injured.
The assaults succeed nights of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to spot.
Government officials told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
He said utility staff and officials were anticipating further attacks.
