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 focusing 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. •
10 May – Scope Ratings – the European rating agency – downgrades Ukraine’s long-term issuer rating in foreign currency from "CC" to just one level above a default rating at "C", maintaining a “Negative” Outlook. Scope is the first rating agency to cut Ukraine to this level. •
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. •
24 July – •
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz states that
Poland will block Ukraine's bid to join the
European Union if it does not resolve issues regarding the
massacre of Poles by
Ukrainian nationalists during
World War II, including finding and burying all victims killed on current Ukrainian territory. • Three
Ukrainian soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a
mass shooting in
Kharkiv Oblast. •
25 July –
Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukraine’s
credit rating from "CC" to "C" due to its need to restructure
US$20 billion in international bonds to foreign investors, increasing the nation's risk of
default. •
26 July–
11 August –
Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics: The Ukrainian Olympic delegation wins three gold, five silver, and four bronze medals and places 22nd out of 84 countries competing at the
2024 Summer Olympics in
Paris. •
26 July – The
European Union sends its first transfer of
€1.5 billion (
US$1.63 billion) in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for
military and infrastructure support. The
Kremlin denounces the transfer as "illegal" under
international law and pledges legal retaliation. •
27 July –
Hackers from the
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine escalate "massive"
cyberattacks on Russia's largest banks, prohibiting any cash or credit transactions. Cyberattacks also target Russian
public transport systems,
internet and
mobile providers, and
social networks. •
31 July – • Ukraine demands that Russia explain the death of
Ukrainian POW Oleksandr Ishchenko in Russian captivity, who was being
tried with 21 other captured
Ukrainian troops for being part of the
Azov Brigade that Russian prosecutors allege is
far-right affiliated. •
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico threatens to suspend Slovakia's
diesel exports to
Ukraine if the Ukrainian government continues to suspend
pipeline oil transport from
Russian oil company
Lukoil, which Slovakia claims is causing a national
energy crisis.
August •
3 August –
S&P Global downgrades Ukraine's
credit rating to "SD" for 'selective'
default after being unable to pay a
US$34 million
international bond payment, while stating that Ukraine's credit rating would fall to "D" representing a complete default following restructuring of Ukraine's debt. •
4 August: • President Zelenskyy confirms the arrival and deployment of the first batch of
F-16 fighter jets pledged by Western countries in Ukraine and their usage by the
Ukrainian Air Force. • Mali breaks diplomatic relations with Ukraine following reports of the latter's involvement in an
attack on Malian and Wagner Group forces by
Tuareg separatists in July. •
6 August: • Russia claims that Ukrainian forces have made an
incursion into
Kursk Oblast. • Niger breaks diplomatic relations with Ukraine, citing claims of support for "terrorist" groups. • The
European Union approves a grant of
€4.2 billion (
US$4.58 billion) in financial aid to Ukraine. •
9 August – The United States announces it will send Ukraine a $125 million
military aid package, including
FIM-92 Stinger missiles,
artillery ammunition, and
anti-armor systems. •
10 August – President Zelenskyy confirms ordering a major cross-border operation inside Russia's Kursk Oblast. •
14 August – Ukraine announces that it will create a strategic
buffer zone on the
Russia–Ukraine border that is "designed to protect our border communities from daily enemy attacks". •
15 August – • Ukraine denies its involvement in explosions that damaged the
Nord Stream 2 pipeline and accuses Russia of causing the explosions, following Germany issuing its first
arrest warrant on the case towards a Ukrainian man. • Ukraine establishes a
military administration in
Sudzha with major general
Eduard Moskalyov appointed as its senior commander. General
Oleksandr Syrskyi says that the administration will "maintain law and order" in the region. •
Ukrainian troops and military vehicles enter Russia's
Belgorod Oblast with the region declaring a
state of emergency. Heavy fighting is reportedly underway. • The
United Kingdom says that Ukraine can use British weaponry, including
Challenger 2 tanks, for its military operations inside Russia. • Scope Ratings downgrades Ukraine’s long-term issuer rating in foreign currency to selective default (SD), based on the moratorium on payment of Eurobonds and an associated missed bond payment after 1 August 2024. •
17 August – • Germany issues an indefinite ban on requesting or providing new
military aid to Ukraine that has not already been approved in order to reduce
federal budget spending. The
moratorium results in a "tangible dispute" within the
Scholz coalition government. • The
International Atomic Energy Agency declares that the safety of the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is deteriorating, following an investigation into an
explosive drone strike that targeted a perimeter access road at the power plant. •
18 August –
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reports that nearly one third of the
Belarusian Army has been deployed along the
Belarus–Ukraine border, in response to Ukraine stationing more than 120,000 troops at the border. However, Ukraine claims no movement of Belarusian troops has been observed. •
20 August – •
Ternopil residents are urged to remain indoors after Russian drone strikes an industrial facility, causing a large fire and an increased concentration of
chlorine in the air. • The
Verkhovna Rada passes a bill banning the activities of all Russia-associated religious groups across Ukraine, including the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), following arrests of dozens of the church's clerics on
treason charges for alleged involvement in Russian
espionage and the transfer of a cleric to Russia in a
prisoner swap. The bill is signed into law by President Zelenskyy on 24 August. •
21 August – • The
Verkhovna Rada votes 281-1 to ratify the
Rome Statute leading to full membership in the
International Criminal Court. •
Burkina Faso,
Mali and
Niger write to the
United Nations Security Council to complain that Ukraine is supporting rebel groups in West Africa's
Sahel region. •
23 August – • The United States announces a new military aid package to Ukraine, including
air defense missiles,
HIMARS munitions,
anti-armor missiles, vehicles, and other equipment. • During a meeting in
Kyiv,
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi urges President Zelenskyy to end the
Russo-Ukrainian War, and volunteers to act as a mediator in talks between Zelenskyy and Russia. In a later national address, Zelenskyy thanks Modi but states that it is necessary for
India to respect
international law as well as Ukraine's
territorial integrity and
sovereignty. •
25 August – • A British safety adviser working for
Reuters is killed and two other journalists are injured in a Russian
ballistic missile strike on their hotel in
Kramatorsk,
Donetsk Oblast. • President Zelenskyy publicly presents the Ukrainian-produced
Palianytsia turbojet powered
loitering munition, intended to serve as the Ukrainian counterpart to the Russian
ZALA Kub-BLA. •
Pope Francis condemns the Ukrainian government's ban of the
Moscow-linked
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and other Russia-linked religious groups as infringing on Ukrainians'
civil right to
religious freedom. •
26 August – • Audits conducted by the Ukrainian
Ministry of Defense determine that between March and July, multiple
Armed Forces of Ukraine units never received nearly
US$4.2 million in military aid labeled as "humanitarian aid" to bypass customs fees, prompting
embezzlement and
illicit enrichment investigations. • An
F-16 fighter jet belonging to the
Ukrainian Air Force crashes in action during a
Russian air attack, killing its pilot. •
27 August – • President Zelenskyy announces that Ukraine has successfully tested a domestically-produced ballistic missile for the first time. • President Zelenskyy announces that
Poland will cooperate with Ukraine to return
Ukrainians "who violated the law,
traitors, collaborators" by illegally crossing the
Poland–Ukraine border in order to escape
conscription in the
Russo-Ukrainian War. •
30 August – • President Zelenskyy dismisses
Mykola Oleshchuk as the commander of the
Ukrainian Air Force following the fatal crash of an F-16 fighter jet on 26 August and replaces him with
Anatolii Kryvonozhko, • President Zelenskyy urges
Mongolia to arrest Russian President
Vladimir Putin as he travels to
Ulaanbaatar to make his first meeting to an
International Criminal Court member state since the issue of his ICC arrest warrant. • NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg declares that Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory in
Kursk Oblast is legitimate under Ukraine's right to self-defense.
September •
3 September – • At least 58 people are killed and 328 others are injured in a
Russian missile attack in
Poltava. • Five ministers resign from their positions, including Deputy Prime Minister
Olha Stefanishyna and foreign minister
Dmytro Kuleba, resulting in a vacancy in more than a third of the cabinet. •
9 September – Ukraine begins the implementation of "
dragon drones" that spray molten
thermite on forest cover to reveal and help destroy Russian military units and equipment. •
10 September – The
Netherlands lifts all its weapon restrictions on military equipment it granted to Ukraine, allowing its army to target Russia with deep strikes while urging other nations to lift their weapon restrictions as well. •
12 September – President Zelenskyy denounces a
Brazilian–
Chinese peace initiative, stating that both nations are effectively siding with Russia for allowing the Russian army to take Ukrainian territory as a means to "de-escalate" the war instead of assisting Ukraine in resisting the invasion. •
13 September – The
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports that due to the ongoing war, Ukraine's
death rate is now the highest in the world at 18.6 per thousand people, while its
birth rate is the lowest at six children born per thousand people. •
14 September – Following a meeting in Kyiv, the foreign ministers of
Poland and Ukraine call for ending
social benefits for
Ukrainian men in Poland, and for programs in the
European Union to
return them to Ukraine in order to stop
draft evasion. •
16 September – • The Ukrainian
Foreign Ministry invites the
United Nations and the
International Committee of the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Russia's
Kursk Oblast. • Ukrainian officials publicly distance themselves from the suspect in the
Trump International Golf Club shooting carried out against
Donald Trump and warn that Russia will use the situation for anti-Ukrainian
propaganda, following reports of the suspect protesting for the
Azov Brigade and regularly calling for international support and troops for Ukraine. •
22 September –
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in military and energy support following President Zelenskyy's drafting of a new victory plan against Russia. •
25 September – • President Zelenskyy accuses
Brazil and
China of using their proposed peace plan for ending the Russo–Ukrainian War to boost their
geopolitical power "at Ukraine's expense" by urging
developing nations to agree to it. •
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson demands that President Zelenskyy dismiss
Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova after Zelenskyy visited an ammunition factory in
Pennsylvania with several
Democratic politicians, which Johnson claims represented
foreign electoral intervention. •
26 September – US President
Joe Biden announces a
military aid package of over US$8 billion for Ukraine and directs the
Department of Defense to allocate all remaining
security funds to Ukraine by his term's end in January 2025, prior to a meeting with President Zelenskyy in the
White House. •
28 September –
Leonid Loboyko, a judge of the
Supreme Court of Ukraine, is killed by a Russian drone strike in
Kozacha Lopan,
Kharkiv Oblast while delivering humanitarian aid to the area.
October •
13 October – President Zelenskyy accuses
North Korea of sending soldiers to participate in the Russian invasion. •
22 October – Prosecutor General
Andriy Kostin resigns after a number of scandals involving medical exemptions for men of military age to avoid being conscripted into the Ukrainian military.
November •
4 November – Ukraine announces its first combat engagements with North Korean soldiers in Russia's
Kursk Oblast. •
8 November – Ukraine terminates its air service agreement with
Iran that had been in place since 1993 amid the latter's support for the Russian invasion. •
13 November – The
European General Court rules against a petition by the
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine to trademark the phrase "
Russian warship, go fuck yourself" first used during the
Snake Island campaign in 2022, citing its being a "political slogan".
December •
1 December – Russian Forces attacks public transport in the Dnipro district of
Kherson with drones, killing three people and injuring seven. •
2 December – Russian UAV strikes a residential building in
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