The CIA visit to Moscow yesterday led to some optimism about a thawing or potential deal. Instead, we're getting a further cycle of escalation that follows rumors of 300,000 more Russians set to be drafted.In any case, oil is higher on this report and it's hard to see this war ever ending.The Bloomberg report says: Russia is preparing to escalate attacks on Ukraine after concluding that negotiations for a peace deal have reached a dead end, according to three people close to the Kremlin. For now, Russia is weighing an intensification of powerful conventional ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, including the center of the capital, and infrastructure targets in other Ukrainian cities, the people said.This is obviously being leaked to put pressure on for concessions but the report says that negotiating frameworks have collapsed. This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.