Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:33 The mayor of Konotop, Sumy region, Artem Semenikhin, announced two strikes on infrastructure facilities.
21:24 The Russians launched missile attacks on the city of Sumy, damaging civilian infrastructure. No people were injured, the OVA reported.
20:36 As a result of today's Russian assault on Nikolaev, one person was killed, eight were injured, including a child, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
20:17 Zelensky, in an evening video message, noted French leadership in Europe: “We appreciate how President Macron is developing a strategic perspective for Europe, the prospect of real, lasting security, which is only possible thanks to Putin’s loss in this war.”
18:35 The Russians attacked the city of Volchansk in the Kharkov region with guided bombs - one person was wounded, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
17:13 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps and British Army Commander Tony Radakin, during a visit to Ukraine, advised the Ukrainian authorities to postpone the counter-offensive and focus on attacks on Crimea and the Black Sea Fleet, the Sunday Times writes. The British met with Zelensky, Umerov and Syrsky. They also recommended holding defenses in the northern and eastern directions and, if necessary, retreating to more advantageous positions that could hold back the Russians.
15:01 The Russians launched a ballistic missile strike on Nikolaev, five people are known to be wounded, said the head of the OBA, Vitaly Kim.
14:48 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the village. Bugaevka, Chuguev community, Kharkov region. An S-300 missile hit an emergency medical service location and a fire broke out. A paramedic and ambulance driver were injured. In addition, in the morning the enemy fired artillery and MLRS at the village of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansky district - one person was injured.
13:22 On the evening of March 16, the Russians hit an apartment building with a glide bomb in Selidovo, Donetsk region. One person was wounded, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. Another person was injured as a result of a night rocket attack on Mirnograd.
12:16 The Russians hit Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, with two kamikaze drones, hitting a gas station. Three people were injured, the station’s equipment and a truck were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
11:20 Ukrainian media write, citing sources, that the drone attack on the Slavyansk oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation was a joint operation of the SBU, the Special Operations Forces and the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The attack resulted in a large fire in the area of the atmospheric columns, which were the main target of the attack. In total, SBU drones have recently successfully attacked 12 oil refineries in Russia.
11:09 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps, after a missile attack on Odessa on March 6, when the Greek Prime Minister was there, canceled his visit to the city. British intelligence warned him that the travel plans had become known to Russia, the Sunday Times writes.
10:04 Macron said in an interview with Le Parisien about the need to “prepare for all scenarios” regarding Ukraine: “Perhaps at some point - I do not want this, I will not take the initiative - ground operations will be required, whatever they may be ", to counter Russian forces. France's strength is that we can do this. Our responsibility is to prepare for all scenarios. Not to do so would be a mistake."
08:55 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 17:
- personnel - about 430,740 (+1160) people,
- tanks - 6790 (+11),
- armored combat vehicles - 12,997 (+24),
- artillery systems - 10,634 (+28),
- MLRS - 1017 (+0),
- air defense systems - 720 (+1),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 8272 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 1922 (+0),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,073 (+49),
- special equipment - 1723 (+11).
08:27 In the Chernihiv region, Russian missiles were aimed at targets in the south of the region, said the head of the OBA Vyacheslav Chaus. As a result of a rocket hit in a village in the Chernihiv region, a residential building was damaged, but no people were injured.
07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 58 military clashes took place, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 28 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka and east of Vodyanoye, Donetsk region. Another 11 attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the Belogorivka area of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - five attacks in the areas of Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and east of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the Rabotino district and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - two attacks.
07:36 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 16 Shahed-type strike UAVs that Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. The drones were destroyed within the Odessa region. In addition, the enemy fired five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at the Kharkov and Donetsk regions, as well as two X-59 guided aircraft missiles at the Chernigov region.
06:53 At night, Russian troops massively attacked the Odessa region with drones, the Southern Defense Forces reported. Shahed-type UAVs, launched from Crimea, entered from the Black Sea and maneuvered between residential buildings and in industrial areas of Odessa. As a result of hits in the Odessa region, two mothballed agricultural enterprises were damaged. Fires started there and industrial buildings were damaged. The fire was quickly extinguished, no people were injured.
06:31 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed 35 UAVs at night over the territories of Moscow (four), Belgorod (three), Kaluga (two), Oryol (one), Rostov (one), Yaroslavl (four), Kursk (three ) regions and Krasnodar Territory (17).
05:15 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in the Belgorod region four drones dropped explosive devices on the village of Oktyabrsky, there was damage to the electricity and gas supply lines.
04:49 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that air defense allegedly repelled an attack by four drones flying towards the capital.
03:40 A fire started at an oil refinery in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation after a drone attack, Russian public pages write and publish photos and videos. The operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported that several drones “tried” to attack the oil refinery, but they were allegedly “neutralized.” At the same time, there was a “local fire” on the territory of the plant; it has already been eliminated.