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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,119: Krasnov is trial ballooning a surrender of Crimea to RU [1]
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Date: 2025-03-17
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of March 16 to 17.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 174 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, and Oryol cities; Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast; and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai. [68] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 90 drones over Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesa oblasts and that 70 decoy drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Official Ukrainian sources reported that Russian drones damaged civilian infrastructure in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv oblasts.[69]
A strong Ukrainian military backed by security guarantees remains the most important component of a sustainable peace in Ukraine and deterrence of future Russian aggression. Sybiha emphasized that there can be no restriction on Ukraine's defensive capabilities or military strength in any future peace agreement and that Ukraine must keep working towards a self-sufficient defense industrial sector to deter further Russian aggression.[12] Sybiha, responding to a question about Ukraine's fundamental stipulations in "any" future negotiations, stated that Ukraine will not compromise its territorial integrity and sovereignty and "will never recognize occupied territories." Discussions on the permanent status of occupied Ukrainian territory should properly only be a part of negotiations on a permanent settlement of the war.
Unconfirmed claims: Russian security forces claimed on March 17 that Russian forces seized Gogolevka (west of Sudzha)[20] The Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Main Military-Political Directorate Deputy Head and Akhmat Spetsnaz Commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov, claimed that Russian forces continue to advance into unspecified areas in Sumy Oblast as part of Russian efforts to create a "buffer zone" after Russian forces seize all of Kursk Oblast.[21]
Russian forces continued attacking west of Sudzha near Gogolevka, south of Sudzha near Kurilovka and Guyevo, and near the international border in Sumy Oblast near Basivka on March 16 and 17.[22] Ukraine's State Border Service Spokesperson Andriy Demchenko stated that small Russian assault and sabotage and reconnaissance groups continue attacking the Novenke-Zhuravka area along the international border in Sumy Oblast.[23]
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