Russia

Ukrainian forces damaged a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft during a strike on an aviation repair plant in Russia’s Novgorod Oblast on March 17, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported.

Russian forces destroyed the Avdiivskyi Lyceum in the Ponornytsia territorial community, Chernihiv Oblast, with three Geran drones on Wednesday evening, damaging school buses, regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported.

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Tor-M2U air defense system in Bryansk Oblast, a coastal missile battalion in occupied Crimea and multiple military logistics and command sites across occupied territories on March 16–17, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

Eight drones were shot down over Russia’s Novgorod Oblast overnight into Monday, with local reports indicating the likely target was the Acron chemical plant in Veliky Novgorod, regional Governor Alexander Dronov confirmed.