Events in the year 2024 in Ukraine.
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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.
- 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 Union-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 was facilitated by the United Arab Emirates.
- 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.
- 7 March – Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian 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.
- 3 April – Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25.
- 16 April – President Volodymyr 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.
- 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.
- 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 in Ukraine orders the arrest of agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi on a charge of illegal acquisition of land worth $7 million.
- 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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials.
Scheduled
- 26 July–11 August – Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Holidays
Source:
- 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
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.