Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were experienced blackouts and encountered disruption to water systems, as stated by local authorities.
Simultaneously, a minor was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the southeastern region in the southern area, according to regional authorities.
Russian forces has intensified strikes on energy facilities over recent weeks, while officials has requested "concrete actions" from allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, Europe and the Group of Seven - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen rockets attacked the country's power systems, labeling such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the urban area came under significant strikes during nighttime hours. A minor died and several individuals were injured.
The attacks follow periods of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are occupied by invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Authorities told journalists that Moscow was purposely seeking to damage the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting energy systems.
He said technical personnel and officials were anticipating further attacks.
