India, Jan. 27 -- US-led military escalation prolongs the war while Western peace talks offer optics without accountability or resolution. The war in Ukraine has entered day 1432 of the war not as a frozen stalemate but as a grinding, industrialized conflict sustained by Western political decisions that have prioritized escalation over resolution. What continues to be framed by Washington and its allies as a defensive struggle for sovereignty increasingly resembles a long-term proxy confrontation, structured to exhaust Russia while externalizing the human cost onto Ukrainian society.

As winter tightens its grip, the civilian population is bearing the brunt of a conflict designed far from the front lines. Entire districts in Kyiv and othe...