Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced problems to water systems, per reports from city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has demanded "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the America, the EU and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles attacked energy facilities, describing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were working to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Regional authorities said the city came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and multiple civilians were injured.
The assaults succeed periods of air raids in the region, sections of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are harder to detect.
Government officials told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed utility staff and government agencies were bracing for additional strikes.
