During the night, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused blackouts in multiple districts of the capital city, Kyiv.
Several individuals were injured while inhabitants in eastern neighborhoods were left without electricity and encountered problems to drinking water, according to city officials.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeastern part, according to local officials.
Moscow has intensified attacks on electrical systems over recent weeks, while officials has called for "concrete actions" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"What is required is not window dressing but strong steps - from the United States, the EU and the major economies - in supplying protection systems and applying sanctions," was stated in a social media post.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen missiles targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, labeling such strikes as "strategic and deliberate" and against "essential services" as temperatures become colder.
The energy minister said Russia was "launching a major assault" and technical staff were laboring to repair systems.
A barrage of missiles struck power facilities and residential structures in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the assaults on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by municipal representatives.
Local officials said the metropolitan region came under heavy assaults overnight. A minor lost their life and three other people were wounded.
The attacks come after periods of aerial attacks in the territory, sections of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is under warning for sophisticated projectile assaults, which are harder to spot.
National leaders told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with strikes already disrupting energy systems.
He said energy workers and government agencies were preparing for additional strikes.