Credit: President of RussiaUkraine says it has intelligence indicating Russia is preparing for a fresh ground offensive against the capital of Kyiv.The claim raises the prospect of another attempt to threaten the Ukrainian capital more than four years after Russia launched its invasion.Pavlo Palisa, deputy head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, said Russian military leadership have been instructed by the Kremlin to plan and prepare offensives targeting Kyiv and Chernihiv.Ukrainian intelligence has received and verified information about the preparations, according to Palisa.However, officials have not yet detected Russian forces massing in sufficient numbers to launch such an operation.Ukraine has received intelligence that Russia is preparing for a possible new ground offensive toward Kyiv as well as Chernihiv in the nation’s far north, a top official said https://t.co/nBC0IhYElh— Bloomberg (@business) August 29, 2026Palisa said Ukraine’s immediate objective is to “prevent the creation of conditions for the Russians to be able to launch any offensive actions at all.”Russia attempted to seize Kyiv during the opening stages of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, sending forces toward the capital from Belarus and other directions.The offensive ultimately collapsed in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance, forcing Russian troops to withdraw from northern Ukraine.The latest warning comes amid indications that Moscow is moving towards a major mobilization as battlefield losses now outpace recruitment.Russia Expands Strikes on Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i