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At Sivershchyna and Slobozhanschyna directions Russian army shelled Starykove, Volfyne and Solyanyky of Sumy region, also Strilecha, Hlyboke, Starytsya, Vovchansk, Kolodyazne, Krasne Pershe, Kutkivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Ternova and Tykhe of Kharkiv region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Kupiansk and Lyman direction Russian army shelled Vesele, Hryanykivka, Vilshana, Krokhmalne, Berestove, Dibrova and Andriyivka of Kharkiv region; Novoyehorivka, Nevske, Bilohorivka, Novoselivske and Chervonopopivka of Luhansk region, also Novoselivka of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Bakhmut direction Russian army shelled Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Zaliznyanske, Vasukivka, Bakhmut, Hryhorivka, Ivanivske, Ozaryanivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Predtechyne and Chasiv Yar of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Shaktarske directions Russian army shelled Kamyanka, Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Heorhiyivka, Maksymilyanivka, Maryinka, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Zolota Nyva, Paraskoviyivka, Tonenke, Syeverne, Pervomayske, Nevelske, Pobyeda, Novomykhaylivka, Novoukrayinka, Prychystivka, Neskuchne and Shakhtarske of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions Russian army shelled Malynivka, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriyivka, Mali Scherbaky, Kamyanske, Olhivske, Chervone, Charivne, Orikhiv, Novodanylivka and Stepove of Zaporizhzhia region; Vremivka and Novopil of Donetsk region; Dobra Nadiya of Dnipropetrovsk region, also Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Vesele, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Dniprovske, Berehove, Veletenske, Kizomys, Mykhaylivka, Respublikanets, Novoberyslav, Kherson, Novosilka, Shylova Balka, Odradokamyanka, Mykolayivka, Tyahynka, Sadove and Rozlyv of Kherson region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

Russian forces conducting offensive actions at Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Shaktarske directions. Ukrainian military repelled over 100 Russian attacks near Bakhmut, Klischiyivka and Ivanivske, Kamyanka, Nevelske, Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Syeverne and Pervomayske of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

Today, Friday, March 17th, in the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria the village of Afes was hit by heavy machine gun fire from government forces and Russia, causing injuries to a child

Putin discussed cooperation in the Caspian region with the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Lavrov made a report.

Josep Borrell Fontelles:The decision of the @IntlCrimCourt to issue an arrest warrant for Putin for the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia is the start of the process of accountability. We appreciate and support ICC's work. There can be noimpunity

Lukashenka and Putin had a phone call

Spokesperson of Russian Foreign Ministry says warrant by ICC is void in Russia

International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova in the context of the situation in Ukraine

Russian official: Putin-Chinese summit will discuss military cooperation between the two countries

At Sivershchyna and Slobozhanschyna directions Russian army shelled Berylivka, Khrinivka, Yeline and Tymonovychi of Chernihiv region; Starykove, Atynske, Volfyne, Stepne, Kindrativka, Pokrovka and Hrabovske of Sumy region, Strilecha, Krasne, Morokhovets, Ohirtseve, Mala Vovcha, Milove, Obukhivka, Novomlynsk, Kutkivka and Shevchenkove of Kharkiv region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Kupiansk and Lyman direction Russian army shelled Dvorichna, Hryanykivka, Krokhmalne of Kharkiv region; Novoselivske, Nevske and Bilohorivka of Luhansk region and Spirne and Rozdolivka of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Bakhmut direction Russian army shelled Vasukivka, Zaliznyanske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Novomarkove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Predtechyne and Oleksandro-Shultyne of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Avdiyivka, Maryinka and Shaktarske directions Russian army shelled Paraskoviyivka, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiyivka, Orlivka, Tonenke, Syeverne, Pervomayske, Netaylove, Maryinka, Pobyeda, Novomykhaylivka and Vuhledar of Donetsk region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

At Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions Russian army shelled Chervone, Charivne, Novodanylivka, Preobrazhenka, Stepove and Novosilka of Zaporizhzhia region, Mykhaylivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kachkarivka, Mylove, Odradokamyanka, Mykolayivka of Kherson region and Kherson city, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

Russian forces conducting offensive actions at Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Shaktarske directions. Ukrainian military repelled over 70 Russian attacks near Hryanykivka, Kreminna, Kuzmyne, Verkhnokamyanske and Spirne, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske and Hryhorivka, Kamyanka, Avdiyivka, Pervomayske, Nevelske and Maryinka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

Xi Jinping will visit Russia on March 20-22 at the invitation of Putin, the Kremlin says

Household gas explosion in residential apartments block in Neftekamsk, Russia. No casualties

Russian army shelled Marhanets and Velyka Mykhailivka communities in Dnipropetrovsk region

Asked about the conflicting descriptions of the Black Sea drone confrontation, @WhiteHouse NSC spokesman John Kirby says: "It is not clear to us that the Russians intended to strike the drone

Russia seeking permanent basing in Syria, per @CENTCOM's Gen Kurilla Putin also seeking to take advantage of "perceived decline in US engagement" in central Asian states, he adds

Russian media ForPost reports Russian military undersea robot found MQ-9 Reaper near Sevastopol and near South Stream pipeline on the depth of 850-900 meters

The graphic below depicts approximations of the locations and times of the @usairforce MQ-9 Reaper collision and crash into the Black Sea. The video released earlier today by @US_EUCOM occurs at the middle plot point on the timeline

Russia's large-scale transfer, deportation of Ukrainian children 'a war crime': UN probe

1 person killed, 2 wounded as result of fire at FSB building in Rostov

Video of Russian SU-27 fighter jet colliding with MQ-9 drone as it attempts to spray fuel on it, view from the drone's camera. Shows two passes by Russian jets , released by @US_EUCOM

Explosion at the warehouse of FSB border guards HQ in Rostov caused fire