New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Drones punch deep into Russia as two reporters die in Kramatorsk, Europe dithers on frozen assets while Washington squeezes oil money.

Kyiv - On the 1,338th day of Russianspecial military operation in Ukraine, the center of gravity swung between muddy trench lines in Donetsk and conference tables in Brussels and Washington, with each development underscoring a conflict increasingly defined by drones, sanctions, and energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials said long-range strikes ignited a fire at a major refinery and detonated a depot near the border, while investigators in the east opened a war-crimes case after five civilians were found shot in a front-line village. In Kramatorsk, a drone attack killed two journ...