Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in blackouts in extensive areas of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were injured while local people in eastern districts were left without electricity and dealt with interruptions to water supplies, according to city officials.
At the same time, a young boy was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, as reported by area administrators.
Russian forces has intensified assaults on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while the country's government has requested "real steps" from allies to exert influence on Moscow.
"The necessity is not window dressing but strong steps - from the US, European nations and the major economies - in providing protection systems and enforcing restrictions," he wrote in a public message.
He said that numerous aerial vehicles and several dozen rockets attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such assaults as "strategic and deliberate" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and civilian homes in the capital.
Multiple people wounded in the attacks on the city have been transported for medical care, as confirmed by local officials.
Regional authorities said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes during nighttime hours. A seven-year-old child was killed and several individuals were injured.
The assaults come after evenings of air raids in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by Russian forces.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to identify.
Authorities told the media that Russia was purposely seeking to demolish the country's energy grid, with strikes already disrupting gas facilities.
He said technical personnel and authorities were preparing for further attacks.
