Five people have been killed in a Russian strike on a law school known locally as the “Harry Potter castle” in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, local officials said.
At least 32 others were injured in Monday’s attack, with 23 of them still in hospital on Tuesday.
Footage showed the roof of the ornate building, a private law academy, all but destroyed as firefighters battled the flames.
“Monsters. Beasts. Savages. Scum. I don’t know what else to say,” Gennadiy Trukhanov, the mayor of Odesa, said in a video posted on Telegram. “People are going for a walk by the sea and they are shooting and killing.”
Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian navy, said the strike was by an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead.
Oleh Kiper, the regional governor, said that in addition to those killed, one man died after suffering a stroke attributed to the strike.
Mr Kiper said on Tuesday morning that eight of the injured were in serious condition, and four in critical condition, including a four-year-old child. Another child and a pregnant woman were among the injured.
“Our doctors are trying to do their best,” he added.