Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while inhabitants in eastern districts were experienced blackouts and dealt with problems to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
At the same time, a minor was fatally injured in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by local officials.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying air defence systems and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
Authorities reported that numerous aerial vehicles and more than 30 projectiles struck the country's power systems, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and repair crews were working to repair systems.
A series of attacks hit power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, according to local officials.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under significant strikes overnight. A minor died and multiple civilians were wounded.
The assaults come after evenings of air raids in the region, parts of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and government agencies were anticipating further attacks.
