Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have caused blackouts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and faced interruptions to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was fatally injured in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, according to regional authorities.
Moscow has increased attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from allies to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, European nations and the major economies - in supplying air defence systems and implementing sanctions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and more than 30 projectiles attacked the country's power systems, describing such assaults as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "inflicting a massive strike" and maintenance teams were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people hurt in the attacks on the city have been taken to hospital, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under significant strikes overnight. A seven-year-old child was killed and three other people were hurt.
The attacks succeed nights of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and government agencies were anticipating additional strikes.
