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Chalk One Up for Ukraine

A Ukrainian military ground drone travels along a road protected by anti-drone nets in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on June 20, 2026. —Nina Liashonok-Ukrinform-NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIt is often hard to know who is winning the war in Ukraine. The front lines scarcely budge. The air war brings regular Russian missile strikes—the most recent ones have hit Kyiv—and Ukrainian attacks that have battered Russian oil refineries and reached as far as Siberia. Ukrainian officials say the tide is turning their way; the Kremlin insists it will win a war of attrition. In one significant way, Ukraine has alr...