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title: "Bloomberg: Moscow Prepares to Intensify Ballistic Strikes on Kyiv Amid Collapse of Negotiations"
description: "According to Bloomberg, against the backdrop of the collapse of the negotiating track, Moscow is considering intensifying ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and infrastructure. Washington calls for dialogue but sees no breakthrough."
date: 2026-08-26T16:46:00.000Z
lang: en
url: https://xab.info/en/posts/russia-prepares-intensified-ballistic-strikes-on-ukraine-bloomberg
tags: [russia-ukraine-war, bloomberg, ballistic-missiles, peace-talks, kremlin]
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---

# Bloomberg: Moscow Prepares to Intensify Ballistic Strikes on Kyiv Amid Collapse of Negotiations

![Vladimir Putin in front of the Russian flag in his office amid Bloomberg reports that Moscow is preparing intensified ballistic strikes on Kyiv after the collapse of negotiations](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/27/rf-usilit-udary-balistikoy-po-ukraine/rf-usilit-udary-balistikoy-po-ukraine-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- According to Bloomberg, Moscow is preparing to intensify ballistic strikes on Kyiv and infrastructure against the backdrop of the collapse of negotiations.
- The Kremlin no longer expects agreements from the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska; the chances of a quick breakthrough are assessed as very low.
- Washington (Negrea) calls for negotiations and states the absence of a military solution; Kellogg does not expect a soon end to the war.
- Context: Russia has received KN-30 ballistic missiles from North Korea for the first time, with an inaccuracy measured in kilometers.

According to information obtained by Bloomberg from three sources close to the Russian leadership, Moscow is preparing a scenario for intensifying ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine. The focus is on targets in Kyiv, including in the capital's center, as well as infrastructure facilities in other Ukrainian cities. According to the publication's sources, the negotiating framework around which the diplomatic track was built has effectively collapsed, and the parties have returned to the starting point of the conflict.

### Negotiations Have Hit a Dead End

As the sources claim, the Kremlin no longer expects the agreements that, by their earlier expectations, could have been reached by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during their meeting in Alaska. Washington's efforts to end the war, according to Bloomberg, have not yet yielded a breakthrough; some of the reasons, the sources see in the fact that the Trump administration is focused on the conflict with Iran. Meanwhile, Moscow increasingly interprets Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and logistics facilities as attacks by NATO countries, linking this to the supply of Western weapons and intelligence data.

### Ballistics as a Tool of Pressure

Four people close to the Kremlin reported that in the absence of diplomatic progress, Moscow sees few alternatives to further intensifying military operations to achieve its goals. The key remains the territorial demand: Russia expects the United States to pressure Ukraine to hand over the eastern part of the Donetsk region, which Kyiv has consistently rejected. Bloomberg's sources assess the chances of a quick breakthrough as very low, although in Russia they are still waiting for possible new proposals from Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Against the backdrop of reports on the preparation of ballistic strikes, the expansion of the arsenal also draws attention. According to several publications, Russia has received KN-30 ballistic missiles from North Korea for the first time; experts note that the inaccuracy of such systems is measured in kilometers, which limits their precision in hitting specific targets, but does not eliminate the threat to infrastructure and the population.

### Washington's Position

At the UN, Deputy US Ambassador Dan Negrea called on Russia and Ukraine to cease strikes on civilian objects and return to the negotiating table, emphasizing that there is no military solution to the conflict and that Washington is ready to facilitate the peace process. Former US Presidential Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, for his part, stated that he does not expect the war to end soon and believes that Vladimir Putin is not ready to stop and may be seeking to seize new territories.

### Contradictory Data

The parties assess the state of the diplomatic track differently. According to Russian sources, the negotiating framework has "effectively collapsed" and Moscow is considering escalation as the main tool of pressure. The American side, on the contrary, continues to publicly promote the negotiating scenario: Negrea calls for dialogue and states Washington's readiness to facilitate peace, while in the Kremlin, according to the same data, they are still waiting for new proposals from Witkoff and Kushner. Thus, the discrepancy lies not in the facts, but in the assessment of the prospects for negotiations: Moscow interprets them as having hit a dead end, Washington — as frozen but not exhausted.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [Russia plans to intensify ballistic strikes on Ukraine against the backdrop of the failure of negotiations, - Bloomberg](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/rf-planue-posiliti-udari-balistikoyu-ukrayini-1787762592.html) - Подтверждает основную версию Bloomberg об усилении баллистических ударов на фоне провала переговоров.
- [Russia has received KN-30 ballistic missiles from North Korea for the first time: what is known about them](https://oxu.az/ru/v-mire/rossiya-vpervye-poluchila-ot-kndr-ballisticheskie-rakety-kn-30-chto-o-nih-izvestno) - Контекст: впервые поставка КНДР баллистических ракет KN-30 России.
- [Inaccuracy — in kilometers: how Russia will launch North Korean missiles at Ukraine](https://tsn.ua/ru/ukrayina/pogreshnost-v-kilometrah-kak-rf-budet-zapuskat-severokoreyskie-rakety-po-ukraine-3153692.html) - Контекст: оценка точности (погрешность в километрах) северокорейских ракет.
- [Russia attacked Ukraine at night with missiles and 217 drones: hits recorded in 41 locations](https://news.am/ru/news/1057004) - Подтверждает фактическую динамику ночных ракетно-дроновых атак как фон для заявлений об эскалации.

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: What is Russia preparing, according to Bloomberg?
**A:** Intensifying ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, including on the capital's center, and on infrastructure facilities in other Ukrainian cities.

### Q: Is there still hope for a diplomatic breakthrough?
**A:** The chances of a quick breakthrough are assessed as very low; in Russia they are waiting for possible new proposals from Witkoff and Kushner, but there is no breakthrough yet.

### Q: What is Washington's position?
**A:** Deputy US Ambassador Negrea called for negotiations and stated the absence of a military solution; former special envoy Kellogg does not expect a soon end to the war.