During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and encountered interruptions to water supplies, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, based on information from area administrators.
Moscow has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the US, European nations and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing restrictions," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen projectiles targeted the country's power systems, describing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "critical infrastructure" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.
A series of attacks hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area came under heavy assaults overnight. A seven-year-old child died and several individuals were injured.
The assaults succeed periods of bombing campaigns in the region, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is on alert for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told the media that Russia was intentionally trying to damage the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and authorities were bracing for further attacks.
