Ukrainian firefighters work at the scene of a Russian drone strike on a military vehicle in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, May 22, 2026. While there are some bright spots in Kyiv’s war fortunes of late, Moscow’s forces are successfully raining bombs and drones on coveted “fortress belt” cities in the Donbas region. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) By VALERIE HOPKINS The war in Ukraine is a “Special Military Operation,” even though it’s the biggest conflict in Europe since World…
