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Ukraine-related events during 2024
Events in the year
2024 in
Ukraine .
Incumbents
Ongoing
Events
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 Union -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 was facilitated by the
United Arab Emirates .
[6]
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]
7 March – Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff
Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian 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]
3 April – Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25.
[14]
16 April – President
Volodymyr 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]
23 April – The
United States announces it is preparing a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine in an Israel-Ukraine aid bill yet to be signed.
[17]
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 .
[18]
26 April – A court in Ukraine orders the arrest of agriculture minister
Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million.
[19]
Scheduled
Holidays
Source :
[20]
Arts and entertainment
Deaths
4 January –
7 January –
Maksym Kryvtsov , 33, poet and soldier.
[22]
8 January –
Bohdan Shershun , 42, footballer (
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ,
CSKA Moscow ,
national team ).
[23]
9 January –
Vitalii Bilonozhko , 70, singer.
[24]
22 January –
Anatoli Polivoda , 76, basketball player, Olympic champion (
1972 ) and bronze medalist (
1968 ).
[25]
27 March –
Andrey Antonischak , 54, politician.
[26]
References
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"Ukraine and Russia in 'biggest prisoner swap' so far" . 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
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"PM in Kyiv: UK support will not falter" . GOV.UK . Retrieved 2024-01-13 .
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"Zelensky signs decree recognizing some Russian territories as historically inhabited by Ukrainians" . The Kyiv Independent . 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22 .
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"Russia accuses Ukraine of downing plane with 65 POWs on board" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"Governor: Lviv first oblast to complete decommunization process" . Yahoo News . 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-31 .
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"Ukraine and Russia complete first prisoner swap since plane crash" . BBC News . 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-31 .
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"Ukraine support package worth €50bn agreed by EU leaders" . BBC News . 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01 .
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"Zelensky sacks Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi" . BBC . 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08 .
^ Butenko, Victoria; Tarasova-Markina, Daria; Carey, Andrew; Edwards, Christian (2024-02-08).
"Zelensky fires Ukraine's military chief in major shakeup nearly two years into war" . CNN . Retrieved 2024-02-08 .
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"Ukraine's Zelenskiy approves ex-army chief Zaluzhnyi's candidacy as envoy to UK" .
Reuters . March 7, 2024.
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"Ukraine war film 20 Days in Mariupol wins Oscar for best documentary" . amp.theguardian.com . Retrieved 2024-03-11 .
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"EU agrees 5 bln euro boost for Ukraine military aid fund" .
Reuters . March 13, 2024.
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"Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reports shelling by Ukraine army" .
Reuters . March 15, 2024.
^ Sauer, Pjotr (2024-04-02).
"Ukraine military draft age lowered to boost fighting force" . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-04-04 .
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"Ukraine's Zelenskiy signs new army draft law to reinforce exhausted troops" .
Reuters . April 16, 2024.
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"Russian air strike took out TV tower in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Zelenskiy says" .
Reuters . April 22, 2024.
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"Exclusive: US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say" .
Reuters . April 23, 2024.
^ Liptak, Michael Williams, Arlette Saenz, Kevin (2024-04-24).
"Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine | CNN Politics" . CNN . Retrieved 2024-04-24 . {{
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"Ukraine frees farm minister on bail pending probe into graft allegations" . April 26, 2024. {{
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"Ukraine Public Holidays 2024" . Public Holidays Global . Retrieved 1 December 2023 .
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"Новости" . www.fc-baltika.ru . Retrieved 2024-01-04 .
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"На війні за Україну загинув доброволець, поет Максим Кривцов" . novynarnia.com (in Ukrainian). 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-09 .
^ Чеканов, Александр (2024-01-08).
"Выигрывал Кубок УЕФА: умер экс-футболист сборной Украины" . OBOZREVATEL (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-09 .
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"Умер певец и основатель фестиваля «Мелодия двух сердец» Виталий Билоножко" . KP.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-09 .
^ Проданчук, Оксана.
"Умер олимпийский чемпион по баскетболу Поливода" . ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-22 .
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Умер бывший депутат Рады Андрей Антонищак (in Russian)
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