Throughout the evening, Moscow's missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in multiple districts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were wounded while inhabitants in the city's east were left without electricity and dealt with disruption to drinking water, per reports from local authorities.
Meanwhile, a young boy was fatally injured in a different aerial attack in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, based on information from local officials.
Russian forces has escalated strikes on power infrastructure over recent weeks, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from allies to exert influence on Russia.
"The necessity is not symbolic gestures but firm measures - from the US, the EU and the G7 - in delivering protection systems and enforcing penalties," was stated in a online statement.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen rockets targeted energy facilities, characterizing such attacks as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as the weather cools.
The energy minister said Russia was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were laboring to restore power.
A wave of strikes hit power facilities and apartment buildings in Kyiv.
Five out of the nine people wounded in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, per statements from municipal representatives.
Area administrators said the city experienced intense attacks during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child lost their life and multiple civilians were wounded.
The strikes follow periods of aerial attacks 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 harder to identify.
Government officials told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with attacks already impacting gas facilities.
He said utility staff and authorities were anticipating more assaults.
