Throughout the evening, Russian aerial assaults have caused power cuts in large parts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Nine people were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were experienced blackouts and faced problems to water systems, according to municipal leaders.
At the same time, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, according to area administrators.
Russian forces has escalated assaults on power infrastructure over the past few days, while officials has requested "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and enforcing sanctions," he wrote in a social media post.
Authorities reported that 450 drones and more than 30 rockets attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, characterizing such attacks as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and repair crews were laboring to repair systems.
A series of attacks damaged power facilities and residential structures in the capital.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from city authorities.
Local officials said the urban area came under significant strikes throughout the evening. A seven-year-old child died and multiple civilians were hurt.
The assaults follow evenings of air raids in the area, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
National leaders told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the national power system, with assaults already affecting gas facilities.
Authorities confirmed energy workers and government agencies were anticipating more assaults.
