India, Feb. 16 -- Russia, Ukraine war, the battlefield reflected steady recalibration rather than dramatic breakthrough. Russian forces intensified operations in the southeast while Ukrainian long-range drone strikes reached deep into southern Russia, expanding the geographical scope of a conflict that has reshaped Europe's security architecture.

The war, launched in February 2022 under President Vladimir Putin, has entered a protracted phase defined by sustained aerial campaigns and strategic infrastructure targeting. Over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched roughly 1,300 drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and dozens of ballistic missiles across Ukrainian territory, one of the heaviest sustained bombardment...