Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were hurt while local people in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered interruptions to water systems, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was lost their life in a separate aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Moscow has intensified attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has called for "substantial measures" from international partners to increase pressure on Russia.
"The necessity is not window dressing but decisive action - from the America, European nations and the G7 - in supplying defensive weapons and applying sanctions," mentioned in a online statement.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen missiles attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such attacks as "cynical and calculated" and against "critical infrastructure" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were laboring to restore power.
A series of attacks struck energy infrastructure and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people injured in the strikes on the capital have been taken to hospital, according to local officials.
Area administrators said the city experienced heavy assaults overnight. A minor was killed and multiple civilians were hurt.
The strikes follow periods of air raids in the area, parts 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 the media that Russia was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with assaults already impacting fuel infrastructure.
He said utility staff and officials were bracing for additional strikes.
