Number of injured people as a result of ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's Chernihiv region reaches 117 - UPDATED 2

the number of injured as a result of the ballistic missile attack on the Cherhnihiv region of Ukraine has reached 117, Report informs, citing RBC Ukraine.

A total of 7 people were killed and 117 injured during the incident.

15:50

The death toll from the ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's Chernihiv region has reached 7, the Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, Report informs, citing Ukrinform.

He noted that a total of 90 people were injured during the incident. 10 of them are police officers and 12 are children.

15:13

Five civilians were killed and 37 injured as Russian forces targeted the city center of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on the morning of August 19, according to Ukraine's Interior Ministry.

Eleven children were injured in the attack.

An air alert has been declared in the entire country, except for the western regions.