Kyiv, Sept. 28 -- Day 1,312 of the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded as a study in pressure and adaptation, with Ukraine extending its long-range campaign against Russian energy infrastructure, Moscow claiming incremental gains on the eastern front, and Europe tightening air defenses after a spate of drone sightings that rattled airports and bases across the Baltic rim.

Before dawn, a fire at an oil facility deep inside Russia underscored Kyiv's strategy of striking far from the front line. Ukrainian security officials said long-range drones halted a pumping station in Chuvashia, part of an effort to impose costs on the fuel network that feeds Russia's war economy. The blaze was contained, but the stoppage hinted at the vulnerability of facili...