Pakistan, June 10 -- Nearly 500 drones pierced Ukrainian airspace this Sunday. It was the largest drone strike of the war and likely the most audacious. Most were intercepted, though several hit targets across the south. Fires lit the skyline in Odesa while falling debris forced evacuations in Kyiv. By daylight, the damage was visible.

Hours later, Russia and Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange. Dozens of soldiers returned to their countries alive, many after months in captivity.

The attack was just the latest in a war that no longer shocks. Ukraine remains in a defensive posture as Russia presses on, with its attritional strategy. Western support holds though the public's attention is shifting. War fatigue is real. The fighting con...