Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in electricity outages in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and faced problems to drinking water, according to city officials.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, according to local officials.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "substantial measures" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the major economies - in delivering protection systems and enforcing sanctions," mentioned in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 rockets targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were working to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region experienced significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor died and several individuals were injured.
The assaults come after periods of air raids in the area, portions of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with strikes already affecting energy systems.
Officials stated energy workers and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
