An unidentified assailant fired at the building of the TV channel 112. Ukraine in Kiev using a grenade launcher; police are now calling the incident a terrorism act, the website of the channel reported.

Axar.az reports citing Russian media.

"On the night of 13 July, on Degtyarevskaya Street 21G in Kiev, two unknown persons fired at the 112 Ukraine building using a grenade launcher," the report said.

The Kiev police said they were looking for the suspects.

​"The police found the damaged facade of the building and cordoned off the territory adjacent to the crime scene. While conducting their work, they found the used tube of a grenade launcher, which will be sent for examination," the press service of the Kiev police said.

Although no-one was hurt as a result of the attack, there was damage to the facade of the building, the website of the TV channel noted.