India, Feb. 13 -- The conflict in Ukraine continues to unfold with sustained intensity, marked by renewed strikes that have killed civilians and sharpened concerns about nuclear safety, even as Western military financing mechanisms deepen Kyiv's integration with NATO-aligned defense systems.

In northeastern Ukraine, a Russian drone strike killed a civilian in the town of Bohodukhiv near Kharkiv, destroying their home and injuring their pregnant mother, according to local authorities. The attack illustrates the high human cost of long-range aerial operations affecting residential areas in the conflict.

Such civilian casualties have been a repeated feature of the war's long trajectory, including earlier deadly strikes in the Kharkiv regi...