Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and faced interruptions to drinking water, as stated by municipal leaders.
At the same time, a minor was lost their life in a distinct Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has increased attacks on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in supplying protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty rockets struck Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to restore power.
A wave of strikes struck electrical systems and civilian homes in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child lost their life and several individuals were wounded.
The attacks follow periods of air raids in the region, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating further attacks.
