Overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes have caused electricity outages in extensive areas of the capital city, Kyiv.
Nine people were wounded while residents in the city's east were left without electricity and faced problems to drinking water, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, a minor was fatally injured in a different Russian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia region in the country's south-east, based on information from regional authorities.
Russian forces has increased attacks on energy facilities over the last fortnight, while Ukrainian leadership has demanded "substantial measures" from international partners to exert influence on Moscow.
"What's needed is not superficial actions but strong steps - from the US, Europe and the major economies - in supplying defensive weapons and implementing sanctions," mentioned in a online statement.
He said that hundreds of unmanned aircraft and several dozen projectiles targeted energy facilities, characterizing such strikes as "premeditated" and against "essential services" as winter approaches.
The energy minister said Moscow was "inflicting a massive strike" and technical staff were working to fix the damage.
A wave of strikes hit power facilities and civilian homes in Kyiv.
Multiple people hurt in the attacks on the capital have been taken to hospital, as confirmed by city authorities.
Local officials said the metropolitan region endured significant strikes overnight. A minor lost their life and three other people were hurt.
The attacks follow nights of air raids in the territory, portions of which are occupied by Moscow's military.
All of Ukraine is on alert for advanced weapon attacks, which are more difficult to spot.
Government officials told journalists that Russia was purposely seeking to damage the national power system, with strikes already affecting gas facilities.
He said energy workers and officials were preparing for more assaults.
