Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while residents in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with problems to water supplies, per reports from city officials.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not window dressing but decisive action - from the America, European nations and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and applying sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 projectiles attacked energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "premeditated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were striving to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit electrical systems and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The attacks follow nights of bombing campaigns in the region, parts of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told reporters that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and officials were preparing for additional strikes.
