Nine people were killed and the same number were injured as a result of a missile attack by the occupying forces on a television tower in the village of Antopol near the city of Rivne on Monday morning, said head of Rivne Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Koval.

"This morning in Rivne region, two missiles hit a television tower and an administrative building near it. As of 18:00, we we have ninr dead and nine injured. Work is actively continuing," Koval said at a briefing on Monday.