Overnight, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
A number of civilians were hurt while residents in eastern neighborhoods were plunged into darkness and faced disruption to water supplies, according to city officials.
Meanwhile, a minor was killed in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia area in the southeastern part, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased attacks on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has demanded "concrete actions" from partner nations to increase pressure on Moscow.
"What is required is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the America, the EU and the G7 - in delivering defensive weapons and implementing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and more than 30 projectiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to repair systems.
A series of attacks damaged electrical systems and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been hospitalized, according to municipal representatives.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child died and three other people were injured.
The strikes come after periods of aerial attacks in the area, parts of which are currently controlled by invading troops.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are more difficult to spot.
National leaders told journalists that Moscow was intentionally trying to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting energy systems.
He said utility staff and government agencies were preparing for further attacks.
