Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have resulted in power cuts in large parts of the capital city, the Ukrainian capital.
Several individuals were hurt while residents in eastern districts were plunged into darkness and dealt with disruption to water supplies, according to municipal leaders.
At the same time, a seven-year-old child was killed in a separate assault in the Zaporizhzhia area in the country's south-east, based on information from local officials.
Moscow has intensified strikes on electrical systems over the last fortnight, while officials has requested "real steps" from partner nations to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the G7 - in providing protection systems and implementing penalties," he wrote in a social media post.
He said that 450 drones and several dozen missiles targeted energy facilities, describing such strikes as "cynical and calculated" and against "everything that sustains normal life" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "conducting extensive attacks" and maintenance teams were striving to fix the damage.
A barrage of missiles hit power facilities and apartment buildings in the capital.
Multiple people hurt in the strikes on the city have been hospitalized, per statements from local officials.
Local officials said the city endured significant strikes throughout the evening. A young boy was killed and three other people were hurt.
The strikes follow nights of air raids in the region, portions of which are occupied by invading troops.
The whole nation is under warning for hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes, which are harder to detect.
National leaders told the media that Moscow was deliberately attempting to destroy the national power system, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and government agencies were bracing for more assaults.
