{"id":28032,"date":"2026-08-26T20:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=28032"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:20:16","slug":"russia-mozhe-posylyty-udary-ukraina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/russia-mozhe-posylyty-udary-ukraina\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia is considering stepping up its missile attacks on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Russia may step up its attacks on Ukraine now that the Kremlin has concluded that peace talks have reached an impasse. Bloomberg reports this, citing three people close to the Kremlin. According to them, Moscow is considering more intensive strikes with conventionally armed ballistic missiles on Kyiv and the infrastructure of other cities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloomberg has reported on a possible intensification of Russian attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Moscow is considering ballistic strikes using conventional munitions.<\/li>\n<li>Possible targets include Kyiv and urban infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The Kremlin attributes the escalation to the deadlock in negotiations on a peace agreement.<\/li>\n<li>Experts do not see any significant incentives for Moscow to cross the nuclear threshold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Missile attacks remain a means of exerting pressure<\/h2>\n<p>Moscow is considering the possibility of stepping up heavy strikes with conventionally armed ballistic missiles against Kyiv and infrastructure targets in other Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Long-range missiles and drones were the main cause of civilian casualties in Ukraine between 1 December 2025 and 31 May 2026, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. During this period, the organisation recorded 1,272 civilian deaths and 6,871 civilian injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The UN has also reported at least 423 attacks on electricity generation, transmission and distribution facilities.<\/p>\n<h2>The nuclear scenario is described as extreme in Moscow<\/h2>\n<p>According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, the escalating spiral of attacks is leading an increasing number of Russian officials to believe that <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> Ultimately, it may resort to tactical nuclear weapons as a last resort in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>They claim that in Moscow, Ukrainian strikes are increasingly being interpreted as attacks by other states <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/nato-military-committee-visit-ukraine\/\">NATO<\/a>, as the allies are supplying Kyiv with weapons and intelligence. The same sources believe that the current phase of hostilities has not yet reached its peak.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, experts stress that whilst Russia is able to step up the pressure using conventional weapons, particularly missile strikes, it has little incentive to cross the nuclear threshold.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is considering stepping up its ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine following the Kremlin\u2019s assessment that peace talks have reached an impasse, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":28031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0434\u0430\u0454 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0446\u0456\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u041a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0433\u043b\u0443\u0445\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u0443\u0442 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0432, \u043f\u0438\u0448\u0435 Bloomberg.","rank_math_title":"\u0420\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0420\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0457","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806815],"tags":[805623],"class_list":["post-28032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-viyna","tag-805623"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28033,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28032\/revisions\/28033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}