2024 in Ukraine

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)

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.
 * 12 January – British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 30 January – Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast to remove all Soviet-era monuments.
 * 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.

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.
 * 8 February – President Zelenskyy announces the dismissal of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, replacing him with Oleksandr Syrskyi.

March

 * 7 March – Former military Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Zelenskyy.
 * 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.
 * 13 March – The European Union agrees to provide a €5 billion boost to their Ukrainian military aid fund.
 * 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.

April

 * 3 April – Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25.
 * 11 April – Russian strikes destroy the Trypilska thermal power plant located in Kyiv Oblast, permanently disabling it.
 * 16 April – President Zelenskyy signs a new army draft law.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 26 April – A court orders the arrest of agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million.

May

 * 7 May – Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) 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.
 * 10 May – 2024 Kharkiv offensive: Russia launches an offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, pushing Ukrainian forces back one kilometer from the international border.
 * 23 May – Russia returns six children displaced by the war back to Ukraine, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
 * 24 May – The European Union makes a decision allowing Ukraine to use interest funds from frozen Russian bank accounts, totaling €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) per year.
 * 27 May – Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez signs a bilateral security pact with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pledges €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) of military aid to Ukraine.
 * 29 May – Sweden announces a package of $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine; the largest so far given by Sweden.
 * 30 May – The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-supplied weapons, but not with long-range missiles.

June

 * 7 June – The European Commission allows Ukraine to begin negotiations on joining the European Union.
 * 10 June – The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine's Azov Brigade.
 * 13 June – Leaders of the G7 agree to loan Ukraine US$50 billion and use interest from Russia's frozen central bank assets as collateral for the loan.
 * 14 June – Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he is ready for a ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws from territories occupied by Russian forces and stops its accession to NATO. Ukraine rejects the offer.
 * 15–16 June – World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort, Switzerland to advance the Ukrainian peace process.
 * 15 June – The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine, focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian assistance.
 * 16 June – Norway announces it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner (US$103 million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and secure the country's electricity supply before winter.
 * 20 June – Ukraine is moved to the top of the US list in receiving ordered deliveries of Patriot missile systems.
 * 21 June – Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit.
 * 25 June –
 * The European Union formally launches accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova.
 * The European Court of Human Rights unanimously finds Russia guilty of systematic violations of human rights in Crimea.
 * Russia and Ukraine each return 90 prisoners of war in a prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
 * 27 June – President Zelenskyy signs a law establishing English as an official language of international communication in Ukraine.

July

 * 1 July – The SBU says that it had foiled a coup plot against the Ukrainian government organised by a Russian-backed group.
 * 2 July –
 * Kazakh opposition activist Aydos Sadykov dies of injuries sustained after being shot in Kyiv on 18 June.
 * Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Kyiv for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposing a ceasefire plan which is rejected by President Zelenskyy.
 * 3 July – NATO nations agree to grant Ukraine €40 billion ($43 billion) in military aid in 2025.
 * 6 July – Fourteen people are killed and one survivor is critically injured after an oil tanker collides with a minibus near Verkhiv, Rivne Oblast.
 * 8 July – President Zelenskyy says Poland can shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace following the signing of a security agreement in Warsaw.
 * 9 July – NATO announces that it will establish a senior representative to Kyiv to coordinate with Ukrainian officials and strengthen Ukraine's ties with the bloc.
 * 15 July – NATO establishes a new command centre in Wiesbaden, Germany to plan and coordinate support for the Ukrainian military as part of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine.
 * 16 July –
 * Ukrainian state electrical grid operator Ukrenergo begins emergency power shutdowns in seven eastern and central oblasts amid a record heat wave and equipment failures worsened by ongoing Russian attacks.
 * The Czech Republic announces plans to facilitate Colt CZ Group assault rifle production and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine.
 * 19 July – Former Svoboda MP Iryna Farion is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Lviv.

Scheduled

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

Holidays
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 * 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).
 * Oleksandr Tkachenko, 84, politician, MP (1994–2012) and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1998–2000).
 * 7 January – Maksym Kryvtsov, 33, poet and soldier.
 * 8 January – Bohdan Shershun, 42, footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, national team).
 * 9 January – Vitalii Bilonozhko, 70, singer.
 * 22 January – Anatoli Polivoda, 76, basketball player, Olympic champion (1972) and bronze medalist (1968).
 * 27 March – Andrey Antonischak, 54, politician.
 * 19 July – Iryna Farion, 60, linguist and politician.