India, April 3 -- In a war increasingly defined by attrition, adaptation, and competing narratives, Russia's latest wave of daytime aerial assaults across Ukraine marks not just another escalation, but a calculated shift in how the conflict is being fought, and perceived.

On Friday, Russian forces launched a sweeping barrage of drones and missiles across multiple Ukrainian regions in broad daylight, in what officials described as a rare daytime drone attack. Ukrainian authorities said missile and drone strikes killed at least eight people, with dozens more injured, underscoring the intensifying human cost of the Russia Ukraine War.

But beyond the immediate destruction, the strikes signal something deeper: a strategic recalibration by Mo...