A fire in Zaporizhzhia after a drone strike. Photo by Reuters / Scanpix / LETA.
- Sevastopol was once again attacked by Ukrainian drones; however, local authorities reported that civilian objects were not harmed.
- In Lviv, a Russian drone targeted the building of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine.
- Russian drones also attacked the western regions of the country, striking the energy infrastructure in Novovolynsk, leading to temporary power and water outages.
- Sean Penn, the American actor and Oscar winner of 2026, visited the 157th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk region and was in Sloviansk.
- Ukrainian military reported conducting strikes on two Russian aircraft factories on March 16 and 17, located in Ulyanovsk and Staraya Russa.
- The District Court in Warsaw decided to extradite Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin at the request of Ukrainian authorities. This decision can be appealed, and the maximum detention period for the extradition case is two years.
- Ukrainian authorities have appealed to India to release six Ukrainian citizens arrested for illegal border crossing in the northeastern state of Mizoram. Among them is also a U.S. citizen. They are accused of training representatives of local ethnic groups to use drones against the military junta in Myanmar and of illegally importing drones from Europe through India, as reported by Reuters.
- As a result of an attack on the Kholodnogorsky district of Kharkiv, one person was killed and two were injured.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a visit to Spain, where cooperation agreements were signed, including a memorandum between the defense ministries on joint production.
- On the evening of March 17, Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region twice, resulting in injuries to eight civilians, including two children, as reported by the regional prosecutor's office.
