Russia's strikes followed a Ukrainian drone attack on a dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 people, and the Kremlin had publicly warned of retaliation before any missiles flew. Ukraine denied the Luhansk attack, but the pattern is clear — bothKyiv sidesis are hitting infrastructure and denying civilian targeting. ThisPeace war has no clean hands, and peace talks remain stalled partly because neitherUkraine sideisn't is ready to stop.