Throughout the evening, Moscow's aerial assaults have led to electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and encountered problems to water supplies, as stated by municipal leaders.
Simultaneously, a young boy was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southern area, as reported by area administrators.
Moscow has escalated strikes on electrical systems over the past few days, while the country's government has requested "concrete actions" from partner nations to apply pressure on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but decisive action - from the America, the EU and the Group of Seven - in providing air defence systems and applying penalties," was stated in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and over thirty missiles attacked the country's power systems, labeling such strikes 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 repair crews were laboring to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes damaged power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Several of the people injured in the assaults on the capital have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Regional authorities said the urban area endured intense attacks throughout the evening. A young boy lost their life and several individuals were hurt.
The attacks come after nights of bombing campaigns in the territory, portions of which are currently controlled by Moscow's military.
The whole nation is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are tougher to identify.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was intentionally trying to demolish the electrical infrastructure, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
He said technical personnel and officials were anticipating more assaults.