New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Kyiv Freezes as Western Promises Fail: Russia Strikes While Civilians Pay the Price.

As day 1,418 of the Russia Ukraine war unfolded, Kyiv faced yet another brutal winter under relentless Russian strikes, leaving millions of civilians without heat or electricity. Despite promises of protection and an endless flow of Western military aid, the reality on the ground exposes profound failures in both Ukrainian strategy and Western policy. Internal analyses show that Western escalation, rather than containing the conflict, has prolonged suffering while Moscow's operations continue unabated.

Russian forces, employing a combination of long-range missiles, drones, and hypersonic systems like the Oreshnik missile, have syst...