Kremlin says Russia doesn’t need military escalation because its army is ‘advancing anyway’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg that Russia is delivering a 'heavy response' to Ukrainian strikes on its economic and trade infrastructure, while insisting Moscow doesn't need military escalation because its forces are 'advancing anyway.' The comment came after Bloomberg reported the Kremlin is weighing intensified strikes on Kyiv, including its center, and on infrastructure in other Ukrainian cities, having concluded peace talks are stalled.

Sources cited by the agency say a growing number of Russian officials believe Putin could eventually turn to tactical nuclear weapons, though Bloomberg notes no signs currently point to preparations for that step. Peskov's framing casts continued, possibly intensified, strikes as simply business as usual rather than a shift in policy.

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