2024 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 2024 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
• Prime Minister: Denys Shmyhal

Ongoing

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)
  • Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 December 2023 – present)

Events

January

• 3 January – Ukraine and Russia complete their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates.^[1]
• 12 January – British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine.^[2]
• 22 January – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree recognizing some Russian territories, including parts of Bryansk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, as historically inhabited by Ukrainians.^[3]
• 24 January – Korochansky Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board.^[4]
• 30 January – Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast to remove all Soviet-era monuments.^[5]
• 31 January – Russia and Ukraine conduct a prisoner exchange on the border with 195 soldiers being returned to Russia, and 207 military personnel and civilians being returned to Ukraine, respectively. The deal is facilitated by the United Arab Emirates.^[6]

February

• 1 February – The European Union formally approves a €50 billion financial support package for Ukraine after Hungary withdraws its veto. The package is expected to help the Ukrainian government pay pensions, salaries and other costs over the next four years with the first funds being released in March.^[7]
• 8 February – President Zelenskyy announces the dismissal of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, replacing him with Oleksandr Syrskyi.^[8][9]

March

• 7 March – Former military Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Zelenskyy.^[10]
• 10 March – 20 Days in Mariupol, a documentary directed by filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov focusinh on the siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wins an Oscar for Best Documentary.^[11]
• 13 March – The European Union agrees to provide a €5 billion boost to their Ukrainian military aid fund.^[12]
• 14 March – Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis: Russian-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar say that shelling hit critical infrastructure at the plant.^[13]

April

• 3 April – Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25.^[14]
• 16 April – President Zelenskyy signs a new army draft law.^[15]
• 22 April – Russia attacks Kharkiv TV Tower using a Kh-59 cruise missile, causing the portion of the tower to fall down and disrupting the broadcasting signal in Kharkiv.^[16]
• 24 April – The United States announces a $1 billion aid package for Ukraine as part of a bill that was stalled in the US Congress for months and was recently approved. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defense systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles.^[17]
• 26 April – A court orders the arrest of agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million.^[18]

May

• 7 May – Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service who were plotting an assassination of President Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials.^[19]
• 10 May – 2024 Kharkiv offensive: Russia launches an offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, pushing Ukrainian forces back one kilometer from the international border.^[20]

Scheduled

• 26 July–11 August – Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Holidays

Source:^[21]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 8 March - International Women's Day
• 1 May - International Workers' Day
• 5 May: Easter Day (Orthodox)
• 8 May - Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 1945
• 28 June - Constitution Day
• 15 July - Statehood Day
• 24 August - Independence Day
• 1 October - Defenders of Ukraine Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day

Arts and entertainment

• List of Ukrainian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 4 January –
  • Leonid Tkachenko, 70, Ukrainian-Russian football player (Baltika Kaliningrad, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).^[22]
  • Oleksandr Tkachenko, 84, politician, MP (1994–2012) and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1998–2000).
• 7 January – Maksym Kryvtsov, 33, poet and soldier.^[23]
• 8 January – Bohdan Shershun, 42, footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, national team).^[24]
• 9 January – Vitalii Bilonozhko, 70, singer.^[25]
• 22 January – Anatoli Polivoda, 76, basketball player, Olympic champion (1972) and bronze medalist (1968).^[26]
• 27 March – Andrey Antonischak, 54, politician.^[27]

References

External links

• Online calendar