The missile strikes were among multiple Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight. The strikes come days after 16 people were killed in an attack on a market in eastern Ukraine and drone debris was found in Romania.
The deceased in Kyiv were two security guards aged 26 and 36 years, while three people sustained injuries from falling debris, according to the city's Military Administration.
The 'double-tap' military tactic refers to striking the same area again after a period of 30 to 40 minutes, targeting emergency rescue workers.
More than 60 buildings were damaged and about 50 cars were destroyed after the latest Russian rocket strike on Ukraine's Lviv city on Thursday, according to the city's mayor.
Following the strike in Kramatorsk, Zelenskyy said it was a "manifestation of terror" and said that a tribunal should be set up for alleged crimes in the ensuing Russian-Ukraine war.
The missiles hit civilian sites including a residential building, said Oleksandr Vilkul, the Mayor of Kryvyi Rih.
Ukraine's defence ministry urged citizens not to ignore air raid sirens and suggested to remain in safe locations.
Russia-Ukraine War: The strikes on the nine-story residential building in central Ukraine occurred in Uman, a city located around 215 kilometres (134 miles) south of Kyiv.
Russia-Ukraine War: Kyiv forces had carried out the attack on a temporary housing area accommodating Russian servicemen in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on January 1, the ministry said in a statement.
The strikes come after Russia blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimea.
Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's ambassador to protest the attack, calling it a flagrant violation of the country's sovereignty.
The authorities say the number of victims is "being specified" and that an evacuation is underway. The building is located near Kyiv airport, reports suggested.
Hypersonic weapons, which fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, could pose a crucial challenge to missile defenses because of their speed and maneuverability.
The officials said at least three explosions took place in the Al-Anad Air Base in the southern province of Lahj, which is held by the internationally recognized government. More than two dozen troops were wounded.
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, reported that Israeli strikes targeted military posts near Damascus.
The Green Zone - a diplomatic quarter in central Baghdad that hosts many international facilitates including the US embassy and an Iraqi base - constantly comes under fire, with the latest attack occurring on 16 February.
On January 3, a US drone attacked a convoy near Baghdad International Airport, killing Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.
US President Trump said his National Security Adviser suggested that sanctions and protests have Iran “choked off”, will force them to negotiate, amid escalating tensions with Tehran following the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike and Iran launching missile attacks at Iraqi airbase.
Satellite images of Ain Al Assad Air Base in Iraq show damage to the air bases housing US troops after Iran's missile attack in retaliation to the killing of its top general in a US airstrike.
Speaking from the foyer of the White House, Trump announced that the U.S. will immediately place new sanctions on Iran “until Iran changes its behavior.” He defended his targeted killing last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He added that Americans should be “extremely grateful and happy” with the outcome.
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