Russia escalating attacks on civilians, says top Ukrainian official

Head of national security council says more and more civilian targets' being hit, after deadly Vinnytsia attack

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A top Ukrainian official has accused Russia of deliberately escalating its deadly attacks on civilian targets, after recent missile strikes including this week's targeting of the crowded city centre of Vinnytsia, which killed 23 people, including three children.

Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's national security council, told the Guardian that monitoring of Russian strikes suggested an increased emphasis in recent weeks on terrorising Ukraine's civilian population.