Overnight, Russian aerial assaults have led to blackouts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while local people in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to water systems, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a distinct Russian drone strike in the southeastern region in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated strikes on energy facilities over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, the EU and the G7 - in providing defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and over thirty projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A series of attacks damaged energy infrastructure and residential structures in the capital.
Several of the people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured intense attacks during nighttime hours. A minor lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The strikes come after evenings of bombing campaigns in the territory, parts of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is on alert for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are tougher to spot.
Authorities told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to damage the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
Officials stated utility staff and authorities were anticipating further attacks.
