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What changed for Ukraine's army on 17 March 2025?
Summary
A look back at a day that brought a new law on operations abroad, a reported drone strike in Astrakhan Oblast and news of the withdrawal from Sudzha.
What did the news from the front and from Kyiv amount to on 17 March 2025? Three developments stood out, one legal and two military.
A law on operations abroad
On 17 March 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law allowing Ukraine's Armed Forces to operate outside the country's borders during martial law.
Drone strike in Astrakhan Oblast
The same day, a drone strike in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, injured one person and started a fire at an energy facility. The account came from the region's governor, Igor Babushkin.
Withdrawal from Sudzha
The day before, on 16 March 2025, Ukrainian military officials confirmed that their troops had withdrawn from Sudzha in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
Taken together, the reports show a day on which Ukraine's legal framework for its armed forces changed while fighting continued on Russian territory, both in Kursk Oblast and in the form of strikes further afield.
