2024 in Ukraine
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Events in the year 2024 in Ukraine.
Incumbents[edit]
Ongoing[edit]
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)
Events[edit]
- 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]
Scheduled[edit]
- 26 July–11 August – Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Holidays[edit]
Source:[3]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 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
Art and entertainment[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- 4 January –
- Leonid Tkachenko, 70, Ukrainian-Russian football player (Baltika Kaliningrad, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).[4]
- Oleksandr Tkachenko, 84, politician, MP (1994–2012) and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1998–2000).
- 7 January – Maksym Kryvtsov, 33, poet and soldier.[5]
- 8 January – Bohdan Shershun, 42, footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, national team).[6]
- 9 January – Vitalii Bilonozhko, 70, Ukrainian singer.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ukraine and Russia in 'biggest prisoner swap' so far". 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ "PM in Kyiv: UK support will not falter". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Ukraine Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Новости". www.fc-baltika.ru. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Умер певец и основатель фестиваля «Мелодия двух сердец» Виталий Билоножко". KP.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
