During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused power cuts in multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while local people in the city's east were left without electricity and faced problems to water systems, per reports from city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was fatally injured in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, as reported by regional authorities.
Moscow has intensified assaults on electrical systems over recent weeks, while the country's government has demanded "real steps" from international partners to apply pressure on Russia.
"What's needed is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the United States, European nations and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and enforcing penalties," was stated in a public message.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen rockets attacked energy facilities, describing such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Five out of the nine people hurt in the assaults on the city have been hospitalized, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the city endured significant strikes overnight. A minor lost their life and multiple civilians were injured.
The attacks follow nights of air raids in the territory, portions of which remain under the control of invading troops.
All of Ukraine is in a state of readiness for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are more difficult to detect.
Government officials told journalists that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the country's energy grid, with assaults already disrupting fuel infrastructure.
He said technical personnel and authorities were bracing for more assaults.
