New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- As Russia Ukraine war grinds on across eastern and southern Ukraine, Western military commitments deepen while diplomatic channels remain stalled, locking Europe into a prolonged war with mounting human and economic costs.

The war in Ukraine entered its 1,428th day on Thursday with no meaningful shift toward resolution, underscoring how a conflict once framed as a defensive emergency has hardened into a prolonged geopolitical standoff shaped as much by Western strategy as by battlefield dynamics.

Fighting continued across multiple fronts in eastern and southern Ukraine, with Russian forces maintaining pressure in contested areas while Ukrainian units relied heavily on Western-supplied artillery, air defense systems...