Overnight, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
A number of civilians were wounded while residents in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered disruption to drinking water, according to city officials.
Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased assaults on electrical systems over the past few days, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not window dressing but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the G7 - in supplying air defence systems and applying penalties," he wrote in a online statement.
Authorities reported that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles targeted 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 "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were striving to restore power.
A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people injured in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, per statements from city authorities.
Area administrators said the city endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A young boy was killed and several individuals were hurt.
The strikes follow evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
The entire country is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already impacting energy systems.
Authorities confirmed technical personnel and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
