Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and dealt with interruptions to water systems, according to municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a seven-year-old child was killed in a different assault in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while Ukrainian leadership has requested "concrete actions" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but decisive action - from the US, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing protection systems and applying restrictions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that 450 drones and over thirty projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people injured in the strikes on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Local officials said the urban area experienced heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were hurt.
The strikes follow periods of air raids in the area, parts of which remain under the control of Russian forces.
The entire country is in a state of readiness for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to destroy the national power system, with attacks already affecting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
