Russian Invasion of Ukraine Timeline
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine in a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The campaign had been preceded by a Russian military buildup since early 2021 and numerous Russian demands for security measures and legal prohibitions against Ukraine joining NATO.
2024
May 7
The SBU announced that it had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Zelenskyy and several senior Ukrainian military leaders and arrested two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels on suspicion of involvement.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.
Russian-installed officials in Luhansk claimed that five people were injured in a fire caused by a Ukrainian missile strike on an oil depot.
Ukrainian media reported that the HUR carried out a cyberattack on the Russian software firm 1C Company.
2024
May 6
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that seven people were killed and 35 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike that hit three vehicles in the village of Berezovka.
Russia claimed to have taken the villages of Soloviove in Donetsk Oblast and Kotlyarivka in Kharkiv Oblast, 20 kilometers from Kupiansk.
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian military fast attack craft in Crimea using a naval drone.
Ukrainian forces claimed a series of successful counterattacks against Russian forces near Bakhmut, resulting in an advance of some 500 metres, and inflicting casualties on Russian soldiers and the destruction of four supply trucks, a BMP-2, and a BMD-4 using drones.
2024
May 5
In Berdiansk, Yevgeniy Ananievsky, a Russian-appointed official allegedly responsible for setting up torture chambers in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was killed after a bomb exploded in his car.
Two people were killed by Russian rockets in Pokrovsk. One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast. The Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant in Donetsk Oblast was also damaged by Russian shelling.
2024
May 4
The Russian interior ministry placed Zelenskyy in its list of wanted criminals.
Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet over Donetsk Oblast.
The Russian defence ministry claimed to have shot four ATACMS missiles over Crimea.
A court in Russia sentenced a Ukrainian POW captured during the Siege of Mariupol to 18 years imprisonment for membership in the Azov Battalion.
2024
May 3
Lord Cameron, during a visit to Kyiv, said that "Ukraine absolutely has the right to strike back at Russia." Asked if that included British supplied weapons he said:”That's a decision for Ukraine and Ukraine has that right.”
In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed by Russian attacks in Kurakhove and Chasiv Yar, while one person was killed in a separate attack in Kharkiv.
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that two people were injured by Ukrainian drone strikes in Voznesenovka and Shebekino.
The HUR claimed the destruction of two Russian locomotives by fire over the last few days: one in Orenburg, the other in Vladikavkaz. Ukrainian media also reported that the agency carried out a cyberattack on internet providers and mobile operators in Tatarstan.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of spying for Russia.
The FSB claimed to have "liquidated" an agent working for the HUR who was plotting to carry out terrorist attacks against "military and energy objects" in Moscow and Leningrad Oblasts.
2024
May 2
Russia claimed to have taken Berdychi, near Avdiivka. It also claimed to have shot down a drone over Crimea.
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts.
2024
May 1
Two people were killed in a Russian airstrike in Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast. Two people were also killed in a Russian missile strike in Hirnyk, Donetsk Oblast.
In Russia, the governor of Ryazan Oblast claimed that an oil refinery was set on fire by a drone. The governor of Voronezh Oblast claimed that a drone was shot down over Voronezh city, while energy infrastructure was also damaged by drones in Kursk and Oryol Oblasts.
Ukrainian special forces claimed to have disabled two Russian Buk missile systems in Sumy Oblast using attack drones. Several Russian personnel were claimed killed and equipment destroyed during a Ukrainian strike on Rohove, Luhansk Oblast. It is believed three missiles, either ATACMS or Tochka-U, were used with cluster munitions.
The head of the SBU's cybersecurity unit, Illia Vitiuk, was dismissed by Zelenskyy following investigations into suspicious financial activities by the former's wife while he was in office and attempts by SBU personnel to harass journalists.
The United States Department of State alleged the use of chloropicrin by Russian forces in Ukraine and imposed fresh sanctions against Russian individuals and entities as a response.
2024
April 30
Three people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Odesa. Russia subsequently claimed that it had struck the headquarters of the Ukrainian Operational Command South in the city. One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv.
Russian-installed officials in southern Ukraine claimed that several Ukrainian missiles were shot down by air defenses over Crimea.
The SBU arrested two people in Kyiv on suspicion of impersonating security officials on social media and establishing a bot farm as part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, including a Skynex air defense system, missiles for the IRIS-T launchers, ammunition for Leopard 2 tanks, Gepard ammunition, 155 mm shells, small arms ammunition, grenade launchers, mine clearing equipment, bridge laying and first aid supplies. Latvia also pledged another military aid package that included anti-aircraft guns and tactical unmanned surveillance systems.
Lithuania announced its support for repatriating Ukrainian military aged men to be mobilised.
Andriy Demchenko, head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, said in an interview that 30 Ukrainians had died trying to leave since the invasion began.
2024
April 29
Six people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Odesa. One person was killed in a separate attack in Kherson Oblast.
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Semenivka, five kilometers west of Avdiivka.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv and apologised for delayed weapons shipments from the bloc.
The HUR claimed that some 18,000 Russian soldiers had deserted the Southern Military District, including 2,000 contract and 10,000 mobilised soldiers.
2024
April 28
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed that Ukrainian forces had retreated from the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. He also said that Ukrainian forces had regained control of Nestryha Island in the Dnipro River delta in Kherson Oblast. The ISW assessed that Ukrainian soldiers suffered a "one-to-three manpower disadvantage" northwest of Avdiivka.
Russia claimed to have shot down 17 drones over Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga and Bryansk Oblasts.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukraine conducted an unsuccessful ATACMS strike on Russian air defense units at Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea.
2024
April 27
Ukraine launched a drone attack in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, causing fires in the Ilsky and Slavyansk-on-Kuban oil refineries and striking the Kushchyovskaya airbase, with 10 drones attacking the Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery alone. The Russian MoD claimed to have shot down 66 drones over Krasnodar Krai and two over Crimea. The distillation column of the Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery was also reported damaged, forcing it to partially suspend operations. The HUR also claimed to have hit a Russian Podlet-K1 radar used to coordinate S-300/400 missile systems.
Ukraine claimed that two S-300 missiles hit a hospital in Kharkiv, injuring one man. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have intercepted 21 out of 34 Russian missiles. Attacks severely damaged equipment at four thermal power plants in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv Oblasts causing blackouts. Two people were injured in Kryvyi Rih.
During a visit to Lviv, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles announced a $100 million AUD military aid package for Ukraine that included drones, short range air defences, air dropped precision munitions and other “high-priority equipment”.
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a stabbing attack by a Russian national in Murnau am See, Germany, in what authorities said may have been a politically-motivated attack.
2024
April 26
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast.
Russian-installed officials in Luhansk Oblast claimed that one person was killed by Ukrainian shelling in Novodruzhesk. The governors of Kursk and Bryansk Oblasts also claimed that two people were killed in separate Ukrainian attacks.
Ukrainian media reported that the HUR carried out an operation that destroyed a Russian Ka-32 helicopter in Ostafyevo Airport, Moscow, and a cyberattack that targeted the United Russia party.
Ukraine withdrew its M1A1 Abrams tanks from frontline service after two months in action. A US Defense official said the withdrawal was due to difficulties in maneuvering undetected through terrain and Russian drone attacks.
Zelenskyy dismissed Brigadier General Oleksandr Yakovets as commander of the Ukrainian military's Support Forces after more than a month in office, and transferred him to head the State Transport Special Service, replacing Bohdan Bondar.
The US government announced a US$6 billion military aid package for Ukraine that included Patriot and NASAMS missiles, counter drone systems, artillery ammunition and other precision strike weapons. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called it the “largest security assistance package that we've committed to date”.
Six photos surfaced online, taken somewhere in Russia, which appeared to show a crashed Swift 2 fitted with a single OFAB-100-120 bomb along with other equipment to allow for it to become a “remotely piloted bomber”.
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps claimed that Italy had supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles during an interview with the Sunday Times. The Italian government did not confirm this statement.
2024
April 25
Three people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian-installed officials claimed that four people were killed in separate Ukrainian attacks in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Two Russian soldiers were arrested for fatally shooting at least seven people while intoxicated in the villages of Podo-Kalynivka and Abrykosivka in Kherson Oblast, including the head of the latter village.
The Polish and Lithuanian governments offered to repatriate Ukrainian men living in their countries to Ukraine in order for them to be drafted into the Ukrainian military.
Spain pledged to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine.
The Swiss Parliament's Security Committee approved a proposal to send five billion Swiss Francs in aid to Ukraine.
Russia seized the village of Novobakhmutivka, ten kilometers northwest of Avdiivka.
2024
April 24
Russia claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack set fire to energy infrastructure in Smolensk Oblast. A drone struck an industrial area in Lipetsk Oblast without details on injuries or damage caused, while an oil refinery was also struck in Voronezh Oblast, causing a fire.
The Ukrainian government issued a decree banning the delivery of identification documents and passports to Ukrainian men of military age abroad.
The SBU formally announced that Metropolitan Arsenii, the UOC-MP head of the Sviatohirsk Lavra in Donetsk Oblast, was under suspicion of spying for Russia for divulging Ukrainian military positions during a public liturgy.
Ukraine received another tranche of 1.5 billion euros in funds from the EU.
President Biden signed into law the aid package for Ukraine. The Pentagon subsequently announced a $1 billion package that included HIMARS systems, artillery rounds, air defense missiles and Bradley IFVs.
2024
April 23
The Ukrainian foreign ministry announced that it would suspend consular services to overseas Ukrainian men who were eligible for military service, with the exception of those returning to Ukraine.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of spying for Russia.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a new military aid package for Ukraine that included 400 vehicles, 1,600 weapons and four million rounds of ammunition, along with £500 million in funding.
The US Senate passed the bill authorising financial aid for Ukraine. The bill must now be signed into law by President Joe Biden.
2024
April 22
Russia claimed to have captured the village of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, 20 kilometres from Vuhledar.
The upper half of the Kharkiv TV Tower was destroyed by a Russian air strike.
British intelligence reported that Russian legislator Dmitry Sablin created a new reserve military drone unit called Bars Kaskad to allow VIPs to serve in Ukraine with a reduced risk of “frontline combat”.
A crowdfunding effort by 50,000 private Slovak citizens raised €3,071,405 in a week to contribute to the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
2024
April 21
Russia claimed to have taken Bohdanivka, three kilometers from Chasiv Yar.
The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol said that a Neptune missile was launched at a vessel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, causing a small fire. The Ukrainian Navy claimed that it struck the salvage ship Kommuna. Subsequent satellite images did not reveal any damage.
Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets claimed that the Russian Central Grouping of Forces, which operates in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions (northwest and northeast of Avdiivka), had over 86,000 personnel, 280 tanks, 760 armored vehicles, and around 1,100 tube and rocket artillery systems.
2024
April 20
Two people were killed in a Russian attack on Vovchansk. One person was killed in a separate attack in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian forces claimed responsibility for strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, with fires breaking out in three electrical substations in Smolensk, Kaluga and Bryansk Oblasts. A fuel storage tank belonging to Lukoil was set on fire in Smolensk Oblast by falling drone debris. The Russian ministry of defence claimed to have shot down some fifty drones over the said oblasts as well as in Ryazan, Tula, Moscow, Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts, where two people were claimed to have died.
The US House of Representatives passed an aid package for Ukraine. It must be passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Biden.
2024
April 19
Eight people, including two children, were killed while 29 others were injured in Russian missile attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, particularly in Dnipro and Synelnykove. A total of 22 missiles and 14 Shahed drones were fired, including six Kh-22 missiles and two Iskander-K missiles; according to Ukraine, 29 were intercepted including two Kh-22s, which were intercepted by the Patriot air defense system, the first time these missiles were intercepted since the start of the invasion.
Two people were killed in separate attacks in Mykolaiv Oblast and Kherson.
A Russian Tu-22M3 long range strategic bomber crashed in Stavropol Krai while returning to base, killing one crew member, with another missing. Ukraine claimed to have shot it down, at a range of 308 kms, using an S-200 missile, according to an interview with Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of the HUR. Russian authorities claimed the aircraft crashed due to a technical malfunction.
Russian media reported that Russell Bentley, an American citizen and a resident of Donetsk Oblast who fought for pro-Russian separatists during the Donbas War was killed in unspecified circumstances after going missing following a Ukrainian attack on 8 April. His wife claimed that he had been abducted by Russian soldiers.
Russian media outlets claimed that Izvestia war correspondent Semyon Eremin was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike after visiting a Russian unit in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Ukraine claimed that the armored strength of the Russian Southern Grouping of Forces had decreased "significantly" to 650 tanks, including those damaged or otherwise disabled, and total number of AFVs deployed was "no more than" 1,850 vehicles.
2024
April 18
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have shot down five Ukrainian balloons carrying explosives over Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts.
A Polish national was arrested in Poland on suspicion of spying for Russia as part of a plot two assassinate Zelensky during his visit there, following a tip from Ukrainian authorities.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on EU member states to send anti-missile systems to Ukraine.
2024
April 17
At least eighteen people were killed and at least 78 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Chernihiv.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for an attack at the Dzhankoi air base in Crimea, during which six explosions were reported. Russian milbloggers and Ukrainian sources said that that ATACMS missiles or ballistic missiles were used, some of which deployed cluster munitions. An S-400 system was reportedly destroyed, while a millblogger claimed 30 people were killed and 80 others wounded.
Ukrainian media reported that the HUR struck a radar system in the Russian republic of Mordovia and a factory producing bomber aircraft in Tatarstan using drones.
The Canadian government announced that it would budget some 1.6 billion Canadian dollars ($1.16 billion) in military aid for Ukraine over the next five years.
2024
April 16
The SBU claimed to have destroyed a Russian Nebo-U radar system in Bryansk Oblast using drones.
Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia Oblast said that Anton Yakimenko, a member of the district council of occupied Yakymivka, was lightly injured in a bomb attack as part of an assassination attempt.
Ukraine announced that it was testing an “unmanned submarine” that can be fitted with a warhead, stealth features and sensors, carry up to 10 divers, carry six torpedoes or missiles and has an endurance of 54 hours/1000 km, with a speed of up to 50 km/h underwater.
Zelenskyy signed the revised mobilization bill into law.
Denmark announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at 2.2 billion kroner ($313 million) that is partly aimed at weapons production in the Czech Republic.
2024
April 15
Four people were killed by Russian shelling in Siversk, Donetsk Oblast. Two people were killed in a separate attack in Lukiantsi, Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukrainian media reported that the Ukrainian military launched a missile attack on a Russian command post in Crimea. The partisan group Atesh said that the headquarters of the 810th Marine Brigade in Sevastopol was struck.
Ukrainian border guards intercepted a Russian sabotage group trying to enter Sumy Oblast.
2024
April 14
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Donetsk Oblast. Another person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.
Russia claimed that it had shot down all ten drones launched by Ukraine at Krasnodar Krai.
2024
April 13
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry confirmed that Russian forces had reached the northern outskirts of Bohdanivka, ten kilometers from Chasiv Yar. Russia claimed to have taken Pervomaiske, 11 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast, while two people were killed in Kharkiv Oblast. One person was killed in a Russian attack on a car carrying humanitarian aid in Chernihiv Oblast.
The Russian-installed head of Luhansk Oblast claimed that three people were injured in a Ukrainian missile attack on a factory in Luhansk city. Ukrainian officials claimed to have destroyed a major Russian headquarters using Storm Shadow missiles. In what they called a "heavy blow” to Russian forces.
The SBU announced that it had thwarted an assassination attempt against Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, adding that it had arrested a suspect who tried to launch a drone at his car.
The IAEA reported that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been placed in a state of cold shutdown for the first time since October 2022.
Germany announced that it would deliver another Patriot battery and additional missiles to Ukraine.
2024
April 12
Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia Oblast claimed that ten people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Tokmak.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast. Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia reported shooting down four drones over an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk. One drone fell in the grounds of the oil refinery. Another drone was reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast.
A former SBU agent who defected to Russia shortly before the 2022 invasion was injured in a car bombing in Moscow.
Russia and Ukraine conducted an exchange of war dead, with 99 Ukrainians being exchanged for 23 Russians.
The HUR said that Russia had transferred 2,000 personnel from its Pacific Fleet and 400 personnel from the Russian Air Force's 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, in addition to halting the deployment of soldiers to Syria on rotation. It claimed that the transfers will either form new units or fill losses in existing units.
Norway announced that it would transfer 22 F-16s to Ukraine as well as spare parts, simulators and other equipment to operate them.
2024
April 11
Russia launched a massive air attack on cities and energy infrastructure across Ukraine, killing four people in Mykolaiv and destroying the Trypilska thermal power plant in Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast. Two storage facilities belonging to the state gas firm Naftogaz were also targeted.
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of families with children from 47 communities in Kharkiv Oblast near the border with Russia due to Russian attacks.
Ukrainian military commanders convinced the Verkhovna Rada to drop a clause from a bill on mobilization of Ukrainian military personnel that allowed soldiers who had fought for 36 months a chance to be discharged. Citing the ongoing Russian offensive, the officers claimed that the clause would "weaken the defence forces". The bill was passed later in the day after over four thousand amendments were submitted since its introduction in February 2024. It must now be signed into law by Zelenskyy.
The Ukrainian Ground Forces announced that Andrii Kovalchuk, the head of its Operational Command South, had been appointed as head of the Odesa Military Academy, while Serhii Litvinov, the head of its Operational Command East, had been appointed as deputy head of the National Defence University of Ukraine. They were replaced in their previous positions by Major General Hennadii Shapovalov and Brigade General Volodymyr Shvediuk, respectively.
2024
April 10
Three people, including a 14-year-old child, were killed in a Russian airstrike in Lyptsi, Kharkiv Oblast. Four people, including a 10-year-old child, were killed in a Russian airstrike in Odesa.
The Ukrainian military claimed that a Russian Ka-27 helicopter was destroyed in disputed circumstances over Chornomorske, Crimea. On the same day, the Russian Defence Ministry said that an Mi-24 helicopter crashed due to possible equipment failure off the Crimean coast.
The SBU arrested a former city councilor of Bakhmut on suspicion of collaboration with Russia.
The US Department of Defense sold Ukraine $138 million in spare parts to maintain and upgrade its HAWK missile systems.
Germany announced a new aid package to Ukraine that included 6,000 rounds of 155mm shells, a mine clearing tank, small arms and some one million bullets.
2024
April 9
Three people, including a 13-year old child, were killed in a Russian attack on Kostiantynivka. One person was killed by shelling in Chernihiv Oblast.
The IAEA reported a drone strike on the training center of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
In Russia, the governor of Bryansk Oblast claimed two people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Klimovo.
Russian forces claimed to have intercepted a Neptune missile near the Crimean coast and four drones, two over Belgorod Oblast and another two over Voronezh Oblast.
The HUR claimed to have struck the Borisoglebsk Aviation Training School in Voronezh Oblast. CCTV footage, with sound, showed automatic gunfire followed by an explosion at the school.
Rheinmetall announced 20 additional Marder IFVs for Ukraine.
United States Central Command announced that it had transferred weapons seized from Iran to Ukraine, including thousands of rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
2024
April 8
Three people were killed and eight others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia. One person was killed and five others were injured in Russian air strikes in Sumy Oblast. Two people were killed in separate attacks in Chasiv Yar and Poltava.
Ukrainian hackers launched a cyberattack on a data center used by the Russian military, energy, and telecommunications industries, which affected 10,000 enterprises including Gazprom and Lukoil.
The SBU arrested a former member of the Party of Regions in Sumy Oblast on suspicion of spying for Russia.
2024
April 7
Russian shelling killed three in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. One person was killed in an airstrike in Kupiansk.
The IAEA reported three direct strikes on the main reactor containment structures of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing “physical impact” in one reactor and one casualty. The HUR denied involvement.
Russia claimed to have shot down 15 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod Oblast, during which falling debris killed one person and wounded four, including two children.
According to Ukrainian media, the Russian Buyan-class corvette Serpukhov was damaged in a fire perpetrated by HUR operatives while it was docked in Kaliningrad Oblast. The HUR released a video of the fire being started and claimed that the fire had destroyed “its communication and automation systems”.
Ukraine opened an investigation after video emerged of three POWs being summarily executed by Russian soldiers near Krynky.
2024
April 6
Seven people were killed and 11 others were injured in overnight Russian missile attacks on Kharkiv. Later that day, another attack on the city killed one person. One person was killed in an attack outside Odesa, while three people were killed by shelling in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have downed ten missiles over Belgorod Oblast.
Lithuania delivered an unspecified number of M577 tracked armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur announced the country’s own initiative to purchase one million shells for Ukraine. Similar to the Czech initiative it requires 2-3 billion euros to purchase ammunition, including 155 mm and 152 mm shells and Grad rockets.
2024
April 5
Ukraine launched 53 drones into western Russia, with nine drones shot down over Kursk, Belgorod and Saratov Oblasts as well as in Krasnodar Krai. In Rostov Oblast, the governor claimed that an airbase in Morozovsky District was attacked by 44 drones, damaging a power substation and leaving 600 people without power. An apartment building was also damaged by falling debris and eight people injured according to the governor. HUR officials told The Kyiv Post that at least six aircraft were destroyed, eight "heavily damaged" and 20 personnel killed at the Morozovak airbase. Open source intelligence showed 26 Su-34s and three Su-35s at the base prior to the attack. Drones were also reported attacking Engels airbase near Saratov and Yeysk Airport. At Engels airbase the HUR claimed three Tu-95s were damaged and seven personnel injured. In Yeysk, two Su-25s were damaged and four personnel were reported injured. There were also reports of an attack on an airbase in Kursk. Russian sources claimed that all drones and attacks were thwarted.
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Vodiane, near Avdiivka.
Four people were killed and at least 23 others were injured in Russian missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia.
Transnistrian authorities claimed that a drone attack damaged a radar facility in Rîbnița District.
The SBU arrested two foreign nationals from the Caucasus republics in Odesa on suspicion of spying for Russia.
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of children from 52 settlements in Sumy Oblasts due to Russian attacks.
2024
April 4
Four people were killed and twelve others were injured in overnight Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv. Another person was killed in a separate attack outside the city. Two people were killed in an airstrike in New York, Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have shot down 13 drones over Belgorod, Kursk and Tula Oblasts.
Ukraine gave certificates of gratitude to a multinational group of "vigilante hackers" known as One Fist responsible for launching cyberattacks on Russian military firms and CCTV cameras "dozens of times".
The FSB announced the capture of a former IDF soldier who was trying to join the Ukrainian army. He was given a formal warning and deported back to Israel.
A Ukrainian court sentenced a suspect in the 2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike to life imprisonment for aiding Russian forces in the attack.
Moldovan border police found the wreckage of a Russian drone near Etulia, at about 500 metres (1,600 feet) from the Moldova–Ukraine border. This was the second such incident to happen near the village since 11 February.
2024
April 3
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack in Sumy Oblast.
NATO said it was considering a long term funding package for Ukraine worth 100 billion euros ($107 billion) over five years to “Trump-proof” future military support for Ukraine. The idea was raised by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
During his visit to Kyiv, Finnish President Alexander Stubb signed a 10 year security pact with Ukraine and announced 188 million euros ($203 million) in military aid and another 290 million euros in developmental aid.
2024
April 2
A drone attack struck industrial facilities in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. The drones hit a factory making Shahed drones in Yelabuga, causing "significant damage" according to Ukrainian officials. A nearby dormitory was damaged, injuring twelve students. Other drones struck the Tatneft oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, causing a fire that was extinguished after twenty minutes without causing “critical damage”. One of the drones was believed to be a light aircraft, modified for unmanned flight. Another drone attack later that day damaged several buildings in Kursk.
The HUR said it had blown up an electricity substation in Sevastopol, causing blackouts in the city.
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts. Eighteen people were injured in a missile attack on Dnipro.
Putin appointed vice-admiral Sergei Pinchuk as commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Zelenskyy signed a law lowering the age of conscription in Ukraine from 27 years to 25.
The Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine (RD4U), an online registry for Ukrainians to submit claims for damages caused by the Russian invasion, was formally opened, with at least 100 claims being presented in its first hours.
The FSB claimed to have intercepted 70 kilograms of RDX, an RPG-7 and other bomb-making material at a border crossing in Pskov Oblast from Latvia. Originating from Ukraine, the paperwork indicated that it travelled through several EU countries before arriving at the Russian border. The weapons were discovered hidden in Orthodox religious icons and paraphernalia.
2024
April 1
Ukraine reported shooting down two of three Shahed drones. A power substation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast was damaged by a drone strike.
Ukrainian border guards intercepted a Russian sabotage group trying to enter Sumy Oblast.
Valeriy Chaika, a Russian-appointed official in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast was killed after a bomb exploded in his car.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of spying for Russia and a businessman from Berdiansk on suspicion of selling construction material for Russian fortifications. It also charged RT chief editor Margarita Simonyan in absentia with promoting genocide, spreading propaganda, justifying the Russian invasion and encouraging the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity.
2024
March 31
Russia launched a series of overnight airstrikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities, connected to the manufacture and repair of military equipment according to Russian officials, killing two people in Lviv Oblast.
The Russian defence ministry claimed to have shot down three drones over Yaroslavl Oblast. A further 10 rockets over Belgorod Oblast were intercepted, with its governor saying that 18 homes were damaged and a woman killed during the attack.
2024
March 30
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast.
The French Defence ministry announced a new military aid package for Ukraine which included a new batch of Aster 30 missiles and old but “still operational” military vehicles. The French government was working with MBDA to speed up the construction of Aster missiles would serve MBDA with an “injunction” to “build up its ammunition supplies”.
The Ukrainian private energy firm DTEK said that 80% of its generating capacity had been lost after two weeks of Russian attacks.
In Russia, five thousand children were evacuated from Belgorod Oblast due to Ukrainian attacks.
2024
March 29
Russia claimed that 17 buildings were damaged by shelling in Belgorod. One person was killed in the city after a drone crashed into an apartment and his wife was injuried.
The Ukrainian interior ministry claimed that some 99 drones and missiles were launched at various targets across 10 regions. Fifty-six Shahed drones and 26 missiles were intercepted according to the Ukrainian Air Force, damaging property and injuring several people. Three power plants were damaged, resulting in blackouts.
Ukraine announced the repatriation of the remains of 121 of its soldiers killed in combat from Russia in exchange for the remains of 29 Russian soldiers killed.
Zelenskyy appointed former security council secretary Oleksiy Danilov as the next Ukrainian ambassador to Moldova.
Four residents of Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by a Ukrainian court after being captured in Robotyne while fighting for Russia.
Ukraine placed Transnistrian foreign minister Vitaly Ignatiev on its wanted list on charges of making "public calls to change the Ukrainian state border or its territories" and collaborating with Russia.
2024
March 28
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
Germany delivered a new military aid package to Ukraine that included five Warthog repair and recovery armored vehicles, nine Warthog command armored vehicles, one Dachs armored engineer vehicle, 18,000 155-mm artillery shells, 24,000 rounds of 40 mm ammunition, 2,056 RGW 90 Matador anti-tank weapons, 14 Vector and 30 RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones, six Wisent mine-clearing tanks, one Bergepanzer armored recovery vehicle, six Zetros tankers, a Satcom surveillance system, 70 GMG grenade launchers, nine mine plows and two emergency power generators.
A Russian Su-35 crashed into the sea near Sevastopol. The pilot was rescued uninjured. The cause of the crash was unclear.
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March 27
Russia claimed to have stopped a Ukrainian drone strike on Belgorod, shooting down 18 rockets; several homes were damaged and one person was injured.
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
The SBU arrested two people in Kyiv and Odesa on suspicion of spying for Russia.
The ISW reported that Russian opposition outlet Mobilization News posted a video appeal from Storm-Z fighters from Kaluga Oblast, who claimed that the Russian command had sent their unit of 230 people to the frontline, of whom only 38 survived combat.
2024
March 26
Russia claimed that five people were injured by Ukrainian attacks in Belgorod Oblast.
The FSB claimed that a member of the Russian Volunteer Corps died after a bomb he was carrying went off while he was being arrested on charges of plotting to attack a humanitarian aid collection point in Samara Oblast.
The SBU arrested two people in Poltava Oblast on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks for the FSB.
The EU announced that it would deliver 500,000 shells to Ukraine by the end of March instead of the million shells it originally promised. This did not include shells obtained by the Czech Republic for use in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy dismissed secretary of National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov, replacing him with Oleksandr Lytvynenko, who was in turn replaced as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine by Oleh Ivashchenko.
A court in Moscow charged the head of the SBU, Vasyl Maliuk, in absentia with "terrorism" over his role in attacks on Russian targets.
2024
March 25
The Russian military claimed to have destroyed 11 drones over Rostov Oblast, during which a fire broke out at a thermal power plant in Novocherkassk, causing power outages. While the regional governor denied a link between the fire and Ukrainian drones, a Telegram channel associated with Russian law enforcement said that Ukrainian drones were responsible.
Eleven people were injured in a Russian drone strike on Mykolaiv. Two ballistic missiles were fired on SBU offices in Kyiv. Both missiles were intercepted according to the Ukrainian Air Force, who also said the missiles were fired from Crimea. Other explosions were reported in the capital, damaging property and injuring one person. One person was killed by Russian shelling in Vovchansk.
Lt. Gen. Vasyl Maliuk, head of the SBU, said that Russia had stopped transporting munitions on the Kerch Bridge due to repeated Ukrainian attacks and reduced rail traffic to 4-5 trains.
2024
March 24
Russia launched 28 Shahed drones and 29 cruise missiles at targets in eight regions of Ukraine. 25 Shahed drones were shot down along with 19 cruise missiles. About 10 missiles fired at Kyiv were intercepted causing only minor damage. “Critical infrastructure" in Lviv Oblast was targeted by 20 missiles and seven drones, with at least "two" strikes causing a fire. In Kryvyi Rih some 76,000 people, 3,000 homes, 150 schools and six hospitals were left without heating. Odessa port infrastructure was also damaged. The Polish Air Force was put on alert after a Russian cruise missile spent “39 seconds” in Polish airspace after entering near the village of Oserdow.
2024
March 23
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Ivanivske, west of Bakhmut.
Russia claimed that a drone strike set fire to the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara Oblast, forcing it to shut down half of its production. It also claimed to have intercepted another drone over the Novokuibyshevsk refinery in the same region, as well as 12 other drones over Belgorod, where one person was killed, and in Bryansk, Saratov and Voronezh Oblasts.
The HUR claimed that several Russian soldiers were killed in an attack by Ukrainian partisans in Melitopol.
Later that evening, Russian forces claimed to have shot down over 10 missiles fired at Crimea. A woman and child were reportedly wounded by falling debris. Ukrainian sources claimed that a Black Sea Fleet communications centre was struck by three Storm Shadow missiles. Ukraine later claimed that it had destroyed two Russian Ropucha-class landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, and other infrastructure, and damaged the landing ship Konstantin Olshansky, which was seized by Russian forces during its invasion of Crimea in 2014, and the spy ship Ivan Khurs.
2024
March 22
Russia launched its largest attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the 2022 invasion. 151 missiles and drones were launched, of which 92 were shot down. One attack struck the DniproHES dam in Zaporizhzhia without causing a breach, although power was lost in nine regions, affecting one million people. Across Ukraine, at least five people were killed and 14 injured.
The Russian government said it was in a “state of war” in Ukraine, the first time since the invasion that it had used the term. Previously, it euphemistically called its war against Ukraine a "Special military operation".
The Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast was attacked in a mass shooting and arson killing at least 133 people, which the Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for. Russia claimed that the attackers were caught while trying to flee to the border with Ukraine, where they allegedly had contacts. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denied the claims, calling them "a planned provocation by the Kremlin to further fuel anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Russian society."
Russia claimed that one person was killed and two were injured after Ukraine fired eight rockets from an RM-70 Vampire at Belgorod Oblast.
France and Germany announced that KNDS will set up a workshop in Ukraine to build spare parts.
2024
March 21
Seventeen people were injured by falling debris in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 31 missiles. One person was killed in a missile attack on Mykolaiv.
Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Tonenke, 10 kilometers west of Avdiivka.
Russia claimed that five people were injured by a Ukrainian rocket attack in Belgorod.
The FSB said that it had arrested four people plotting separate “terrorist attacks” against Russian military sites on behalf of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Army officer Oleksandr Kozlovsky was arrested for embezzling £1 million in funds meant for feeding soldiers.
Australia announced it was joining a “drone coalition” with Latvia and the UK to help Ukraine purchase more drones. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation, said that Ukraine could manufacture two million drones with Western help.
Estonia announced a military aid package of some €20 million to Ukraine that included artillery shells and other specialist equipment.
The Czech Republic delivered its remaining fleet of Soviet Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine.
2024
March 20
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces had “fully cleared” the village of Kozinka, Belgorod Oblast from "militants", killing 650 of them with "air strikes and artillery fire.” German milblogger Julian Roepke assessed that the Russian military had air-dropped high-explosive FAB-500 bombs in its efforts.
Russian forces claimed to have shot down four drones near the Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast. Ukrainian intelligence officials said "targets had been hit". Two people were killed by shelling in Belgorod Oblast.
Two people were killed in a Russian attack in Kherson Oblast. Five people were killed in a missile attack on Kharkiv.
Finland pledged an unspecified number of Jehu-class amphibious assault ships and Jurmo and Uisko-class transport ships to Ukraine via Romania. The Netherlands also announced a military aid package of €350 million for Ukraine that included air to ground weapons for F-16s and drones.
2024
March 19
The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti confirmed that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Yevmenov was replaced by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev.
Putin ordered the FSB to hunt down and “punish” Russians serving in the Ukrainian military and compared them to the Russian Liberation Army which had collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Orlivka, four kilometers west of Avdiivka.
Authorities in Belgorod Oblast announced plans to evacuate 9,000 children from Belgorod city, as well as from Belgorod, Shebekino and Grayvoron districts due to attacks by Ukrainian and anti-Kremlin forces. Another shelling attack killed a kangaroo at Belgorod Zoo.
One person was killed by a Russian airstrike in Sumy Oblast.
Germany announced a €500 million aid package to Ukraine which included some 10,000 artillery shells. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius indicated that Germany would provide an additional €8 billion in military aid, including 100,000 artillery shells in 2024, 100 armoured fighting vehicles and 100 logistical vehicles. The EU also confirmed a proposal to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund the purchase of weapons for Ukraine.
Russian Director of Foreign Intelligence Sergey Naryshkin claimed that the French Army was planning to send 2,000 soldiers to Ukraine to fight on the frontline.
2024
March 18
In Russia, one person was reportedly injured by Ukrainian shelling in Belgorod. The oblast’s governor reported ten Ukrainian Vampire rockets were shot down over the oblast, later adding that two people were killed in an airstrike in Nikolskoye.
2024
March 17
In Russia, one person died during a suspected drone strike, which caused fire at an oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Krai. A total of 35 drones were claimed to have been shot down in eight regions across the country overnight, including four over Moscow forcing the closure of major airports. A strike on Belgorod Oblast killed a teenage girl while power to the village of Oktyabrsky was cut according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. Russian forces claimed to have shot down 12 rockets fired at the same region.
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Mykolaiv and Velyka Pysarivka. The center of Velyka Pysarivka was destroyed.
Ukraine claimed to have intercepted three Russian sabotage groups who tried to infiltrate the border at Sumy Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian Mil Mi-8 military helicopter near the border in Sumy Oblast.
Officials in Transnistria accused Ukraine of launching a drone strike that targeted a helicopter at an air base near Tiraspol, although Moldovan officials disputed the claim, calling it an attempt at provocation.
2024
March 16
In Russia, the governor of Samara Oblast claimed that Ukrainian drones set fire to the Syzran oil refinery and attacked another facility.
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that two people were killed and three others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in Belgorod city, while five others were injured in a drone strike on a car in Glotovo. The Russian military also claimed to have killed 30 members of “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups” that it intercepted entering the country from Sumy Oblast.
The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast claimed that one person was killed and four others were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in Kakhovka, while TASS reported that a Ukrainian drone struck a polling station being used for the 2024 Russian presidential election in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.
2024
March 15
Twenty-one people were killed and 73 others were injured in a Russian double tap missile strike on Odesa.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Russian-installed mayor of Donetsk claimed that three children were killed by Ukrainian shelling in the city.
Ukrainian partisans claimed to have carried out a bombing near a polling station in Skadovsk, occupied Kherson Oblast that was being used for the 2024 Russian presidential election, injuring five Russian soldiers.
Mass evacuations were ordered in the northern part of Sumy Oblast due to Russian shelling.
Ukrainian military commander Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed that Ukrainian forces had begun rotating units that had been at the front "for a long time", with fresh units.
Ukraine carried out a drone strike on an oil refinery in Kaluga Oblast. The regional governor, Vladislav Shapsha, said that four drones were shot down and denied any damage or casualties.
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that a member of the region's territorial defense force was killed and two others were injured by Ukrainian shelling.
The FSB arrested a Russian national who had previously worked for the Freedom of Russia Legion on suspicion of launching drones at targets in Moscow on behalf of Ukraine.
Portugal announced 100 million euros towards the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
Ukraine announced the repatriation of the remains of 100 of its soldiers killed in combat from Russia.
German Chancellor Scholz confirmed that the EU would use the profits from seized Russian assets to fund weapons for Ukraine.
2024
March 14
Russian officials claimed Ukraine fired eight missiles at Belgorod Oblast, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
Anti-Kremlin armed groups staged an incursion into Kursk Oblast.
The Ukrainian military said it had repelled an attempted landing by Russian forces at the west bank of the Dnipro River near the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Vinnytsia Oblast.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv Oblast on suspicion of plotting acts of sabotage for Russia.
2024
March 13
Russian forces claimed to have shot down around 60 drones over the country. Drones set fire to Rosneft's oil refinery in Ryazan, the seventh largest in Russia, causing injuries according to the regional governor. Another drone was shot down over the Kirishi refinery, Russia's second largest, without causing damage or injuries. Thirty drones were shot down over Voronezh Oblast, causing "minor damage". In Belgorod Oblast, drone debris cut power and a gas pipeline. Putin accused Ukraine of trying to disrupt the 2024 Russian presidential election.
The Freedom of Russia Legion and other anti-Putin groups called for residents of Kursk and Belgorod to evacuate as more strikes would be conducted against industrial infrastructure in a joint statement.
Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Sumy. One person was killed by a helicopter strike in Velyka Pysarivka.
2024
March 12
The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir Battalion launched a cross-border incursion into Russia from Ukraine and claimed to have destroyed a Russian armored personnel carrier in Tyotkino, Kursk Oblast, which they also claimed to have taken over, along with the village of Lozovaya Rudka, Belgorod Oblast. The Russian government claimed to have repelled the attacks.
Russian authorities claimed that drone strikes caused fires at oil depots in Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol Oblasts, while another drone caused a power outage in Belgorod Oblast and struck the administration building of Belgorod city. Several other drones were also reportedly shot down over Moscow, Leningrad, Bryansk, Kursk, Tula and Voronezh Oblasts.
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Nevelske, Donetsk Oblast.
Six people were killed and 50 others were injured in a Russian airstrike on Kryvyi Rih, while one person was killed in a separate attack near Kupiansk. Two people were killed in a Russian airstrike in Myrnohrad.
HUR commander Kyrylo Budanov said that Ukraine was planning a "serious operation" in Crimea.
The SBU said that it had uncovered a pro-Russian disinformation network organized by the FSB in Kyiv which had 15 members, four of which, including a priest of the UOC-MP, were arrested.
The US government announced that it was preparing a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine from surplus Pentagon funds.
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March 11
A US-supplied M1A1 Abrams tank was destroyed by a mine near Avdiivka, the fourth recorded loss of its kind by Ukraine.
The SBU arrested a resident of Vinnytsia Oblast on suspicion of spying for Russia.
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron proposed a "ring swap" in which Germany would give the UK Taurus missiles in exchange for Storm Shadow missiles that would then be sent to Ukraine. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said she was "open" to the idea, although she has also supported sending Tauruses directly to Ukraine.
2024
March 10
Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, while 12 people were injured in a separate attack in Myrnohrad.
In Russia, a woman was killed in Kulbaki, Kursk Oblast and her husband wounded by Ukrainian shelling according to the regional governor, who also claimed that a fire broke out at an oil depot following the interception of a drone. A drone was also reportedly shot down in Leningrad Oblast.
2024
March 9
Russia claimed to have destroyed some 47 Ukrainian drones over Rostov, Volgograd, Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts. Five explosions were reported in Taganrog. One person was injured and the roof of a medical clinic was hit with patients having to be evacuated from the intensive care unit. The Beriev Aircraft Company based in Taganrog, which repairs A-50 radar aircraft, was also damaged.
One person was killed and another was wounded by Russian artillery attacks in Chervonohryhorivka, while another person was killed in a Russian artillery attack in Chasiv Yar. The Russian Ministry of Defense also said it shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet over Pokrovsk.
2024
March 8
Three people were killed in Russian attacks in Vovchansk. The Ukrainian-appointed governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported explosions at Russian military facilities in occupied Melitopol and Tokmak.
In Russia, two people were killed and a third person was critically injured during Ukrainian drone attacks on Rozhdestvenka, Belgorod Oblast, which came after the Russian Defense Ministry announced it downed several drones over the region throughout the morning.
2024
March 7
Russia claimed to have retaken the southern part of Robotyne.
Two people were killed and 26 others injured in a Russian missile attack on Sumy. In Kharkiv Oblast, three people were killed in separatist Russian attacks in Kupiansk and Vovchansk. Ukrainian authorities ordered mandatory evacuations in 57 settlements near Kupiansk in response to Russian attacks.
Ukrainian Border Guards apprehended a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group which tried to cross the border in Sumy Oblast.
In Russia, the FSB claimed to have killed a Belarusian national on suspicion of plotting an attack in Karelia on behalf of Ukraine.
Norway announced the payment of 1.6 billion kronor ($153 million) towards the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine. UK defence secretary Grant Shapps also announced a donation of 10,000 drones to Ukraine during his visit to Kyiv.
Former head of the Ukrainian military General Valerii Zaluzhnyi was named as the new Ukrainian ambassador to the UK.
Czech President Petr Pavel announced that the plan to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine had reached its targeted budget with contributions from 18 countries, adding that deliveries to Ukraine would start within "weeks".
2024
March 6
Russian missiles fired at Odesa narrowly missed President Zelenskyy’s motorcade, in what was believed to be an assassination attempt. The missiles landed some 500 feet from Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The attack killed five people without causing injury to the President or Prime Minister.
Russia claimed that a Ukrainian drone strike set fire to a warehouse in Kursk Oblast. Attacks were also reported in Voronezh and Belgorod Oblasts. The Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Plant was struck twice by Ukrainian drones. A source from the HUR later confirmed the attack. Another Ukrainian drone strike cut power to large parts of Crimea.
One person was killed in a Russian attack in Kharkiv Oblast. Exiled officials said that a member of the local branch of the Russian electoral commission in occupied Berdiansk was killed in a car bombing. Pro-Russian officials claimed that five people were killed after the bus they were travelling on hit a landmine in Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, while two people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Kreminna.
The SBU captured a soldier from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast who was trying to flee to Transnistria on suspicion of spying for Russia.
A Russian court sentenced a Ukrainian soldier captured during the Siege of Mariupol to 20 years imprisonment on war crimes charges.
2024
March 5
The Russian patrol ship Sergey Kotov, along with an on-board helicopter was sunk by Ukrainian naval drones near the Kerch Strait. The HUR claimed that seven people on board were killed while six others were injured. The Crimean bridge was closed to traffic due to Ukrainian naval and air drones attacking Kerch.
Ukraine confirmed it had used the French-made Hammer bomb in combat for the first time.
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts.
A Ukrainian court convicted and sentenced two residents of Donetsk Oblast to between 10–12 years imprisonment for spying for Russia. The SBU arrested a resident of Zaporizhzhia on suspicion of planning a bomb attack on behalf of Russia.
Russia claimed to have shot down four drones over Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts. One drone was reported to have caused an explosion at an oil depot in Belgorod. The governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that shelling destroyed a railway station in Glushkovo.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergey Kobylash, the commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet over their role in war crimes in Ukraine.
Ukraine charged two Russian soldiers for killing a resident of Bucha in 2022.
France joined the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine. Argentina said it would send two Mi-171E helicopters to Ukraine.
2024
March 4
The HUR claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the Russian defence ministry and an explosion at a railway bridge in Russia's Samara Oblast.
Two emergency responders were killed in a Russian double tap attack in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. One person was killed in a Russian cluster munitions attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The SBU arrested a resident of Dnipro on suspicion of spying for Russia.
Zelenskyy appointed Brigadier General Oleksandr Yakovets as commander of the Ukrainian military’s Support Forces, replacing Dmytro Hereha.
Lithuania joined the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
A retired US Army Colonel and civilian employee of the US Strategic Command was arrested for leaking classified information on Ukraine through a dating website.
Russia issued an arrest warrant for former Ukrainian ambassador Petro Vrublevskyy for calling on Ukrainian soldiers to "kill as many Russians as possible" in an interview when he was posted in Kazakhstan in 2022.
2024
March 3
Russia claimed to have shot down 38 drones over Crimea. The Crimean bridge was temporarily closed and video on social media allegedly showed an explosion near a fuel depot in Feodosia.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast. Sixteen people were injured in a separate attack in Kurakhove.
2024
March 2
Twelve people, including five children, were killed while 20 others were injured in a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Odesa. Three people were killed in separate attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-34 jet.
A suspected Ukrainian drone caused an explosion that damaged two buildings in St Petersburg, forcing the evacuation of 100 people and medical treatment for six others.
The Czech government said it expected Ukraine to receive the first batch of 155 mm shells purchased outside of the EU "within weeks" following support in funding by other European countries.
Russian television played leaked audio from a Webex discussion in which it claimed German Air Force officers were discussing striking the Crimean Bridge using Taurus missiles. The German Defense Ministry subsequently confirmed the authenticity of the recording, saying that the conversation had been intercepted but adding that it was "unable to say for certain whether changes were made" before it was released.
2024
March 1
Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-34 jet and 14 Shahed drones while Russia claimed to have shot down four drones over Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblasts.
2024
February 29
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down three Russian Su-34 jets, including two near Mariupol and Avdiivka. The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed 19 Russian soldiers in a missile strike in Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast. Fighting was reported in the centers of Ivanivske and Bohdanivka, near Chasiv Yar. The HUR claimed that a S-1 anti-aircraft missile system was damaged in an attack in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
Russian forces claimed to have reentered Robotyne and killed more than 20 Ukrainian commandoes during an ambush near the Crimean coast.
Zelenskyy appointed Brigadier General Volodymyr Karpenko as commander of the Ukrainian military's Logistics Forces, replacing Major General Oleh Huliak.
Finnish officials confirmed that Ukraine can use Finnish-supplied weapons on targets in Russia.
2024
February 28
The Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade claimed that they drove out Russian troops from Krasnohorivka a day after Russian forces entered it, killing or injuring 100 Russian soldiers in the process.
In Kharkiv Oblast, four people, including a child, were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kupiansk and Velykyi Burluk railway station. Two people were killed by shelling in Nikopol and in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Belgium announced it would contribute 200 million euros to the Czech initiative to buy artillery ammunition for Ukraine from outside the EU.
2024
February 27
Ukrainian forces withdrew from the villages of Stepove and Sieverne near Avdiivka. Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said that defence lines in the area had “stabilised” along the Tonenke-Orlivka-Berdychi axis.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed the downing of two Russian Su-34 fighter jets on separate occasions. The Ukrainian military said a Russian Shahed drone overflew Moldovan airspace for "tens of kilometers" on its way to Ukraine, where it was intercepted. Ukrainian partisans claimed to have blown up an office of the United Russia party in Nova Kakhovka.
Two police officers were killed by Russian shelling in Khotin. One person was killed in a separate attack in Kherson Oblast.
The Netherlands said it would contribute over €100 million to a Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik claimed that North Korea had sent Russia three million shells to use in Ukraine in exchange for "thousands of containers of food".
A HIMARS strike killed 19 Russian soldiers from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade including a colonel and 2 other ranking officers. The unit commander was also wounded.
2024
February 26
The Ukrainian military announced that it had withdrawn from the village of Lastochkyne, west of Avdiivka. Russia later said it had taken the village and claimed to have pushed back Ukrainian forces by 10 kilometers. Ukraine appeared to have recorded its first loss of an M1A1 Abrams tank in battle. as well as its first loss of a NASAMS system to Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia.
Zelenskyy signed a law revising the conditions for the demobilization of conscripts.
In Russia, the Governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed a Ukrainian drone strike killed three people and wounded another three in the village of Pochaevo.
Denmark dropped its investigation into the 2022 Nordstream pipeline sabotage, citing insufficient grounds to support a criminal case.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico claimed that several NATO and EU members were considering to deploy soldiers to Ukraine. which was denied by NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. French President Emmanuel Macron gave his support for EU funds to be used to buy ammunition for Ukraine outside the bloc, particularly the Czech proposal to buy artillery ammunition from southern Africa and South Korea. Germany announced a new military aid package to Ukraine that included 14,000 155mm shells and four WISENT 1 mine-clearing vehicles.
2024
February 25
In a rare disclosure, Zelenskyy said that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022.
Russia claimed to have shot down six drones over Belgorod Oblast and the Black Sea.
Russian bombing destroyed the central railway station of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, and damaged several dozen other buildings. One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Nikopol. Two others were killed by Russian shelling in Tiahynka, Kherson Oblast.
2024
February 24
The UK pledged £245 million ($311 million) to replenish Ukrainian artillery ammunition stocks.
Russia claimed to have downed drones over Lipetsk, Kursk and Tula Oblasts. Ukraine claimed that its drones set fire to the Novolipetsk Steel plant in Lipetsk. No casualties were reported however the facility was evacuated.
Ukraine opened an investigation after video emerged showing seven Ukrainian POWs reportedly being executed by Russian soldiers near Bakhmut.
2024
February 23
The US and EU announced sanctions on 600 individuals and entities associated with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the death of Alexei Navalny.
Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Dnipro and five in Odesa.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced the downing of a Russian Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft in Krasnodar Krai, making it the second such loss during the invasion.
Ukrainian intelligence confirmed that the Czech Republic was organising some $2 billion in funding to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine from southern African countries and South Korea.
2024
February 22
The Ukrainian military claimed that it had killed around 60 Russian soldiers in an artillery strike on a training ground near Podo-Kalynivka, Kherson Oblast.
Russia claimed to have taken the village of Pobieda, five kilometers west of Donetsk.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast. One person was killed in a separate attack in Donetsk Oblast.
New Zealand pledged $26 million in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including for the training of soldiers and the procurement of weapons and ammunition. Denmark also pledged 1.7 billion kroner ($247 million) in military aid and signed a 10-year security agreement with Ukraine. UK defence minister Grant Shapps announced plans to send 200 Brimstone anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, while in Germany, the Bundestag voted down a proposal to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine and approved instead a motion to send additional other long-range weapons.
2024
February 21
According to the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleshchuk, a Russian Su-34 fighter jet was shot down.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of aiding a Russian missile strike in the city in 23 January.
Zelenskyy signed a law allowing foreign nationals to serve in the National Guard of Ukraine.
2024
February 20
Ukraine claimed that at least 60-68 Russian soldiers and were killed and 300 were wounded in a HIMARS strike on a training ground near Trudivske, occupied Donetsk Oblast. Two "sub-units", the 4th and 6th companies, numbering between 80-120 soldiers each, were reportedly "cut down".
Russia claimed that it had pushed out Ukrainian forces from their bridgehead across the Dnipro River in Krynky, Kherson Oblast. The Ukrainian military denied the claims. Five people were killed by Russian shelling in Nova Sloboda, Sumy Oblast. Two people were killed in a Russian drone strike in Kupiansk.
Sweden announced a 7.1-billion kronor ($682 million)-military aid package to Ukraine.
2024
February 19
Ukraine claimed that its air defences shot down two Russian fighter jets: an Su-34 and an Su-35S.
Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian positions in Kupiansk.
Canada pledged 800 SkyRanger R70 multi-mission drones to Ukraine.
Russian forces in Novoazovsk, occupied Donetsk Oblast, brought down a suspected Banshee drone using electronic warfare systems.
2024
February 18
Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber. Twelve Russian drones and a Kh-59 cruise missile were also destroyed overnight.
Ukraine opened an investigation after video emerged of Russian forces summarily executing eight POWs in Avdiivka and Vesele, Donetsk Oblast. Another investigation was opened after video emerged subsequently emerged of three Ukrainian POWs allegedly being shot near Robotyne.
Russian hackers launched cyberattacks on several Ukrainian media outlets, with Ukrainska Pravda reporting that its account was used to spread misinformation regarding the Ukrainian military.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that her country would donate its entire artillery ammunition stockpile to Ukraine. The US government said it was transferring $500,000 in seized Russian funds to Ukraine via Estonia.
2024
February 17
Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka to prevent encirclement by the Russian army. The city fell to Russian forces later in the day, with pockets of resistance remaining in the Avdiivka Coke Plant. Between 500-1000 Ukrainian soldiers are believed to have been captured or gone missing in the withdrawal. Russian forces were also storming Robotyne, according to the ISW. Ukraine claimed to have defeated a Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing 70 Russian soldiers and injuring 80 as well as destroying 18 pieces of equipment, including three tanks.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down two Russian Su-34s and a Su-35 fighter jet over eastern Ukraine.
Five people were killed by Russian attacks in Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.
In Russia, officials claimed that 14 drones were shot down over Belgorod, Kaluga, Bryansk, and Voronezh Oblasts.
In Moldova, border police reported it had found fragments of a Russian drone near the village of Etulia Nouă.
Rheinmetall signed a joint venture to open a factory in Ukraine that would produce hundreds of thousands of 155mm calibre bullets annually. Czech President Petr Pavel said that his country could supply Ukraine with “half a million 155 mm and 300,000 122 mm shells” within weeks if funding is found.
2024
February 16
Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from the Zenit air defense complex in Avdiivka, which they had used as a strongpoint since 2014.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that a group of Ukrainian and Belarusian saboteurs were caught with explosives on the border with Ukraine as part of plans to commit acts of sabotage in Russia and Belarus.
President Zelenskyy arrived in Germany to sign a bilateral security deal with the German government. The German government announced that it would give €7.1bn of military aid to Ukraine in 2024. Along with a separate €1.13bn aid package. Which included 100 IRIS-T missiles, a SykNex air defence unit, 18 howitzers and 18 self propelled howitzers. Later in the day, Zelenskyy signed a 10-year bilateral security deal with President Macron in France that would provide Ukraine with “3 billion euros ($3.2 billion)” of aid in 2024.
Germany delivered 3,990 155 mm shells, 18 armored personnel carriers, three Wisent demining tanks, 62 reconnaissance drones, a Dachs engineering vehicle, nine mine-clearing plows, four border guard vehicles, and 500 LED lights and IT equipment to Ukraine.
2024
February 15
Ukraine fired several missiles at Belgorod Oblast, according to Russian officials. Fourteen were shot down but one hit and "heavily damaged" a shopping centre in Belgorod city, killing seven, including children, and injuring 18 others. Another missile struck a sports stadium. Russia claimed the missiles were fired from an RM-70 Vampire. An oil refinery in Kursk Oblast was set on fire by a Ukrainian drone strike, according to local officials.
In Kharkiv Oblast, one person was killed in a Russian missile strike on Chuhuiv while three others died in Chorne. Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Donetsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian Third Assault Brigade confirmed that it had been "urgently" redeployed to Avdiivka, adding that the situation there was "extremely critical," and claiming to have inflicted "critical losses" on two Russian battalions.
The NACP added the Irish-American oilfield service company Weatherford International to its list of international war sponsors for continuing to do business in Russia.
2024
February 14
Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources from the HUR, reported that the Russian landing ship Tsezar Kunikov was sunk by drones in the Black Sea.
Three people, including a child, were killed by Russian shelling in Selydove. Two people were killed in a separate attack in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast. Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv Oblast while another was killed in Kherson.
Colonel Magomedali Magomedzhanov, the deputy commander of the Russian 18th Combined Arms Army and commander of the 61st separate Kirkenes Red Banner Marine Brigade of the Northern Fleet, died in a hospital in Sevastopol from injuries sustained while he was undertaking a military operation, according to the republican government of Dagestan.
Putin signed a law allowing for the confiscation of assets of those convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the Russian military.
Russian media published footage of what appeared to be the remains of a GLSDB reportedly found near Kreminna.
2024
February 13
In an interview with ZDF, Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Ukrainian forces had shifted to defensive operations to exhaust advancing Russian forces. The Ukrainian 110th Mechanized Brigade was rotated out of Avdiivka after having been stationed there since March 2022 as it "no longer has sufficient capabilities to hold the city".
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast. Two others were killed in separate attacks in Nikopol and in Kherson Oblast. Russian-installed officials in Luhansk Oblast claimed that three people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Kreminna.
The US Senate passed a bill that includes $61 billion in funding for Ukraine.
Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine with his Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter in 2023, was found dead with 12 gunshot wounds at his residence in Spain.
2024
February 12
A Ukrainian military commander said that Russian forces had stopped sending "human wave" attacks on Avdiivka and were instead resorting to smaller assault groups with air cover.
2024
February 11
Zelenskyy appointed Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces replacing Oleksandr Syrskyi, Major General Ihor Plakhuta as commander of the Territorial Defense Forces replacing Anatoliy Barhylevych, Brigadier General Ihor Skybiuk as commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces replacing Maksym Myrhorodskyi, and Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol as commander of the Combined Forces replacing Serhii Naiev.
One person was killed in a Russian attack in Kharkiv Oblast.
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast.
Russian troops were found to have built a defensive line of railway cars in Donetsk Oblast measuring about 30 kilometres (19 mi).
In Moldova, border police found fragments of a Russian Shahed-type drone in the village of Etulia, which was suspected to have crashed in Moldova after being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses following a Russian attack against Ukraine's Izmail Raion on the night of 9 to 10 February, with 50 kg of explosives.
2024
February 10
One person was killed in an attack in Kherson Oblast.
Zelenskyy named Colonels Vadym Sukharevskyi, commander of the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, and Andrii Lebedenko as deputy commanders-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He also appointed Volodymyr Horbatiuk, Oleksii Shevchenko, and Mykhailo Drapatyi, as deputy chiefs of the Ukrainian general staff.
2024
February 9
Seven people, including three children, were killed after a gas station in Kharkiv was blown up by Russian drones. Burning fuel flowed down the street, destroying 15 houses. Three people were killed by Russian airstrikes in Sumy Oblast.
Zelenskyy appointed Major General Anatoliy Barhylevych as the new Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, replacing Lieutenant General Serhiy Shaptala.
Russia claimed to have shot down 19 drones over the Black Sea, Krasnodar Krai and in Kursk, Bryansk, and Oryol Oblasts. One of the drones was reported to have started a fire within the premises of the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai. A refinery at Afipsky was also attacked without reports of damage or casualties.
The Ukrainian NACP added the US-based refractory manufacturing company Allied Mineral Products to its list of international sponsors of war for continuing to operate in Russia.
Oleksandr Porkhun, a veteran of the War in Donbas, was appointed as acting minister of veterans affairs of Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers reported that Russian forces appeared to be using SpaceX's Starlink satellite devices across the frontline, and that the internet terminals were being shipped to and deployed in Russia via Dubai.
2024
February 8
Zelenskyy replaced Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi with Oleksandr Syrskyi amid reports of growing disagreements between the two. Zelenskyy also awarded Zaluzhnyi and HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov with the title of Hero of Ukraine, and later announced the return of 100 Ukrainian POWs, mostly captured following the siege of Mariupol, in a prisoner exchange in which 100 Russian POWs were also released, according to the Russian defence ministry.
One civilian was killed by Russian shelling in Avdiivka and one in Selydove, Donetsk Oblast.
The SBU said it had uncovered three Russian weapons caches in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Zakarpattia Oblasts. Among the items seized included grenade launchers, over 15 kilograms of explosives, and automatic weapons. At least one of the caches was believed to have been for the use of alleged "pro-Russian underground groups".
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed that six people were injured in two separate attacks by Ukraine.
2024
February 7
Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, killing one person in Mykolaiv and six others in Kyiv. The Ukrainian military said 64 missiles and drones were launched, of which 44 projectiles were shot down. Airstrikes were also reported in Kharkiv. One of the missiles launched was a hypersonic Zirkon cruise missile, the first time it had been used in the conflict, according to the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter near Avdiivka.
The 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force announced that one of its veteran pilots, Vladislav Rykov, was killed in action after having done 385 sorties.
The SBU arrested a woman on suspicion of aiding a Russian missile attack on Pokrovsk on 6 January that killed six civilians.
Rheinmetall outlined a new aid plan for Ukraine that would involve the delivery of ammunition for Leopard 1 and 2 tanks, Marder IFVs, Gepard anti-aircraft guns, 40 mm and "tens of thousands" of 155 mm shells. It also signed a contract to supply 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, five recovery vehicles and five Leopard 1s for driver training.
In Russia, two people were reportedly injured by Ukrainian shelling on Belgorod.
Russia placed HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa, and Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on its list of "terrorists and extremists."
Sweden closed its investigation into the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, citing lack of jurisdiction.
Ukraine announced that it would begin mass production of an "analogue" of the Russian Lancet drone with a range of 40 kilometres.
2024
February 6
A two-month-old baby died following an overnight Russian missile attack that hit civilian buildings and a hotel in Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
The Ukrainian defence ministry claimed that the Special Operations Forces had conducted an operation on a Russian-occupied oil rig in the Black Sea that was being used to deploy Mohajer-6 drones, resulting in the capture of a Neva-B radar system and the destruction of the facility.
The SBU arrested five people, including members of Ukrainian intelligence agencies, on suspicion of being part of a Russian spy network.
President Zelenskyy signed a decree establishing the Unmanned Systems Forces, a new branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that would take charge of drone-related matters.
Russia claimed to have intercepted seven drones over Belgorod Oblast. No casualties were reported but four homes were damaged by falling debris.
2024
February 5
Four people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson. One person was killed in a Russian rocket attack in Sumy Oblast.
The SBU arrested five people on suspicion of being part of a Russian spy network in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk Oblasts.
Ukrainian Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina submitted her resignation to the Verkhovna Rada without specifying a reason.
In Russia, the governor of Bryansk Oblast claimed that two drones were shot down by air defenses.
The Netherlands pledged to send six more F-16s to Ukraine. Ukrainian commander Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said that Ukrainian F-16s would be equipped with (300–500 kilometres (190–310 mi)) range air-launched cruise missiles.
The State Security Service of Georgia claimed to have intercepted explosives from Ukraine that were being transported to Russia to use for an attack on Voronezh and said that a Ukrainian citizen of Georgian origin was behind the plot.
2024
February 4
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.
President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian positions near Robotyne. He also announced the appointment of Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of Melitopol, as governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that two border villages were subjected to cross-border attacks by Ukraine.
2024
February 3
Russia accused Ukraine of striking a bakery in occupied Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, using a HIMARS system, killing 28 people, including the regional emergencies minister Aleksey Poteleshchenko, and a child.
In Russia, an oil refinery in Volgograd Oblast operated by Lukoil was set on fire by Ukrainian drone attack. The regional governor, Andrey Bocharov, blamed the fire on falling drone debris, claiming that all drones were shot down or jammed. The fire was brought under control without anyone being injured. The Russian military claimed that four drones in Belgorod Oblast, two in Volgograd and one in Rostov-on-Don were intercepted by electronic warfare systems.
Oleg Stegachev, a Russian Tu-95 crew commander at Engels air base, was shot. Ukrainian intelligence was blamed, his condition is unknown.
Estonia delivered a military aid package to Ukraine valued at 80 million euros ($88 million) that included Javelin missiles and other weapons, ammunition, vehicles and diving equipment.
2024
February 2
Russian drone attacks cut power to 40,000 civilians in central Ukraine and trapped miners in Kryvyi Rih underground. 24 drones attacked energy infrastructure, 11 were shot down and seven failed to reach their targets.
The Ukrainian Culture Ministry reported that the Cossack-era historical monument of Kamianska Sich in Kherson Oblast was damaged in a Russian attack, with three recorded hits on the site itself, an 18th-century Cossack cemetery and a site near the grave of Kish otaman Kost Hordiienko.
The ICJ ruled that it would proceed with a case brought by Ukraine against Russia over the veracity of the latter's invocation of the 1948 Genocide Convention in launching its invasion in 2022, but declined to rule on whether the invasion itself was a violation of the said convention.
2024
February 1
The HUR claimed that it had sunk the Russian Tarantul-class missile corvette Ivanovets in Lake Donuzlav on the west coast of Crimea using naval drones. Ukrainian sources claimed that the entire crew of 40-50 personnel had been killed, but this could not be confirmed.
Two French nationals working as humanitarian volunteers were killed and five others were injured in a Russian drone strike on Beryslav. Ukrainian authorities subsequently prohibited foreign volunteers, NGOs and diplomatic staff from entering parts of Kherson Oblast without their permission.
Russia claimed to have shot down 11 drones over Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh Oblasts.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a verdict on a case filed by Ukraine against Russia, refusing to rule on the shooting down of MH17 and rejecting Ukrainian claims for reparations from Russia. However, it found that Russia repressed the rights of ethnic minorities in Crimea after it unilaterally annexed the peninsula in 2014, failed to support the teaching of the Ukrainian language and offered "monetary and financial support" to separatists in eastern Ukraine.
EU leaders unanimously agreed to extend 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in aid to support Ukraine's economy.
2024
January 31
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have launched a missile strike on Belbek airport in Crimea, damaging three Russian military aircraft. Russian forces claimed to have shot down 20 Storm Shadow missiles, 17 over the Black Sea and three over Crimea.
In Russia, a drone crashed into the grounds of the Nevsky Mazut oil refinery in St. Petersburg, causing an explosion and fire. Another drone was reportedly shot down over Pskov Oblast. Russian media blamed the explosion on a S-400 missile that was fired at a drone but lost control, crashing into the refinery and exploding. All flights from Pulkovo airport were suspended between 3:53 a.m. and 5:11 a.m.
Russia and Ukraine conducted an exchange of POWs, in which 195 Russians and 207 Ukrainians were returned to their home countries. The exchange was brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
Germany delivered a new set of military equipment to Ukraine which included IRIS-T missiles, 24 APCs, four tracked all-terrain armored vehicles, 155mm artillery ammunition, 14 mine plows, three mine-clearing tanks, a naval mine clearance system, and a Satcom surveillance system.
Dmitry Ovsyannikov, a former Russian-installed Governor of Sevastopol, was arrested in London by the UK’s National Crime Agency allegedly for "circumventing sanctions" to the value of £65,000.
2024
January 30
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Avdiivka. Another person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Beryslav.
35 drones and two missiles were fired by Russian forces across Ukraine. 15 drones were shot down over Mykolaiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv Oblasts. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed some of the targets were fuel and energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian military said that it had attacked a Russian radar station in Rozdolne, Crimea. The HUR claimed to have disabled the special communications server of the Russian Defense Ministry in a cyberattack.
Russia claimed to have shot down 21 drones over Crimea and Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, and Tula Oblasts.
The SBU arrested a resident of Kyiv on suspicion of spying for Russia.
Reuters reported that Ukraine had received its first GLSDBs according to sources at Boeing.
2024
January 29
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Znob-Novhorodske, Sumy Oblast. Russian-installed officials claimed that three people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk.
A Russian Su-34 fighter jet was reportedly shot down by Ukrainian air defenses over Luhansk Oblast.
In Russia, the governor of Yaroslavl Oblast claimed that a drone was shot down by air defenses near the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in the first such attack in the region since the war began.
Authorities in Donetsk Oblast ordered the mandatory evacuation of nine frontline villages in the vicinity of Marinka and Ocheretyne due to continued Russian shelling.
A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life imprisonment for illegally detaining three civilians and fatally shooting two of them in Haivoron, Chernihiv Oblast, in 2022.
The Netherlands pledged €122 million ($132 million) to help procure artillery shells to Ukraine and improve the country's cybersecurity.
A largely intact Ukrainian R-360 Neptune washed ashore on the Russian coast of the Sea of Azov.
2024
January 28
Greece agreed to transfer air defense missiles and anti-aircraft guns deemed outdated by its military to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War suffered a cyberattack by Russian hackers, restricting access to its servers. A statement linked the attack to the crash of the Russian transport aircraft suspected to be carrying Ukrainian POWs on 24 January.
2024
January 27
The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that the Russian military had taken the village of Tabaivka, 20 kilometers southeast of Kupiansk, which was denied by Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities claimed that two siblings were fatally shot by a Russian sabotage group that had infiltrated a village in Khotin, Sumy Oblast. One person was killed by a drone strike in Beryslav.
The HUR claimed that it had destroyed the "entire IT infrastructure" of the IPL Consulting company, which provides services to the Russian heavy industry and military-industrial complex, in a cyberattack.
The SBU announced that it had uncovered corruption in a weapons purchase by the Ukrainian military worth about 1.5 billion hryvnias ($40 million) that was signed in 2022 but saw none of the promised weapons arrive. It said that five senior officials in the defence ministry and managers of the weapons supplier Lviv Arsenal were under investigation, with one suspect in custody after being apprehended while trying to leave the country.
2024
January 26
France delivered two LRU rocket launchers to Ukraine.
2024
January 25
According to Ukraine, Russia launched 14 drones and five missiles in the south of the country. 11 drones were shot down, injuring two people in Odesa. Residential and industrial buildings in the city were also damaged.
In Russia, an oil depot in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, caught fire. Locals reported multiple drones in the air before and after the fire. The fire was localised without causing casualties.
BBC News Russian reported that Russia had phased out its practice of granting presidential pardons to prisoners who agreed to fight in Ukraine and was instead offering them conditional release and sending them to the front until the war ends, citing testimonies from fighters and their relatives.
A court in Moscow convicted Donbas separatist commander Igor Girkin aka Strelkov, of extremism and sentenced him to four years' imprisonment for calling Putin a "coward" over his conduct of the war in Ukraine. A Saint Petersburg court sentenced Darya Trepova to 27 years' imprisonment for her involvement in a bombing that killed pro-war milblogger Vladlen Tatarsky and wounded 42 others in 2023 and which Russia claimed was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence.
2024
January 24
A Russian Il-76 transport aircraft carrying 74 people was reported have crashed in Yablonovo, Belgorod Oblast, killing everyone on board, including 65 Ukrainian POWs according to Russian officials. The Ukrainian military claimed the aircraft was transporting S-300 missiles. A spokesperson for the HUR confirmed a prisoner swap was due to happen on 24 January but did not proceed, adding that it was checking if Ukrainian POWs were on board the aircraft. It later released another statement where it accused Russian forces of failing to advise them to keep the airspace clear. The BBC considered this statement a “tacit acknowledgement” that Ukraine shot down the aircraft.
The mayor of Avdiivka said that Russian forces had managed to enter the southern part of the city for the first time but were forced out by Ukrainian forces. A Russian rocket strike in nearby Hirnyk killed two people.
Russia claimed to have shot down seven drones over Oryol, Bryansk and Belgorod Oblasts.
Germany announced that it would deliver six decommissioned Sea King MK41 Helicopters in its first transfer of helicopters to Ukraine. Canada announced a military aid package of $20 million including 10 rigid inflatable boats manufactured by Zodiac and English language training for F-16 pilots.
2024
January 23
Russia launched a series of missile strikes across Ukraine, killing at least 18 people and injuring 130 others according to President Zelenskyy. Ukrainian forces claimed to have intercepted 21 of 42 missiles launched. Eleven people and two dogs were killed and at least 57 others were injured in Kharkiv. One person was killed in Pavlohrad while at least 22 others were injured in Kyiv. Four people were killed in Kherson Oblast.
Hackers from the Ukrainian group BO Team launched a cyberattack on the Russian Far Eastern Research Center of Space Hydrometeorology "Planeta" based in Khabarovsk, destroying 280 servers and two petabytes of data that were used by multiple Russian government agencies, as well as a digital array valued at $10 million, the softwares of the facility's supercomputers. The cyberattack also reportedly disabled the facility's air conditioning, humidification, and emergency power supply systems, and rendered a strategic station on Bolshevik Island in the Russian Arctic offline.
NATO announced a 1.1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) deal to purchase 220,000 155 mm artillery shells for replenishing depleted stocks and supporting Ukraine.
2024
January 22
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited Kyiv to discuss a new aid package for Ukraine focused on making “ammunition and military equipment”.
On Unity Day, President Zelenskyy signed a decree recognizing the regions of Kuban, Starodubshchyna and Slobozhanshchyna in Russia as historically inhabited by Ukrainians. The decree also required the Ukrainian government to create plans "to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians" in those areas. However, it did not establish any territorial demands on Russia. Zelenskyy also proposed a law allowing dual citizenship with other nationalities except with Russia.
2024
January 21
A Ukrainian drone attack caused an explosion at a natural gas terminal belonging to Novatek at Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast. Russian authorities said there were no casualties but two storage facilities and a pumping station were damaged. Drone attacks were also reported at the Shcheglovskiy Val plant in Tula, which produces Pantsir missile systems, the Smolensk Aviation Plant, and in Oryol Oblast. Russian officials also claimed that two Ukrainian missiles and another projectile were shot down over Crimea.
Russian-installed officials in Donetsk claimed that a Ukrainian missile attack on a market in the suburb of Tekstilshchik [uk; ru] killed 27 and wounded 25. The Tavria army group of the Ukrainian military denied responsibility.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kurakhove.
The Ukrainian military confirmed the capture of the village of Krokhmalne, 30 kilometres southeast of Kupiansk, by Russian forces, while claiming that the latter had lost at least 7,055 soldiers in the attempt.
2024
January 20
Ukraine placed Communist Party of Ukraine leader Petro Symonenko, who fled to Russia after the 2022 invasion, on its wanted list for calling for the overthrow of the government and justifying Russian aggression.
2024
January 19
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire that affected four reservoirs at an oil depot in Klintsy. TASS reported that the fire covered an area of some 1,000 square metres. Another drone was reported to have struck a gunpowder factory in Tambov.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said that monitors had discovered mines in a buffer zone between the external and internal fences of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant that had previously been removed in November 2023.
2024
January 18
Russia claimed that it had taken the village of Vesele in Donetsk Oblast, 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) northeast of Bakhmut.
Russian officials claimed that a drone was shot down over Vasilevsky Island in Saint Petersburg, in the first occurrence of its kind since the invasion began. A fire was reported near the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal after three kilograms of high explosives detonated, burning an area of some 130 square metres. A drone also flew over one of Putin's official residences in Valday, Novgorod Oblast, while another was shot down over Moscow.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kupiansk.
Australia declined a request from Ukraine to acquire 45 retired Taipan helicopters, citing their unworthiness for flying and massive repair costs.
The US imposed sanctions on the shipping firm Hennesea Holdings Limited for violating the price cap on Russian oil imposed following the 2022 invasion.
French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced more aid for Ukraine, including a plan to train 7,000–9,000 Ukrainian soldiers along with a "artillery coalition" of 23 nations to produce more artillery for Ukraine. France also pledged 12 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers in total, and 50 AASM Hammer bombs per month, and increase the number of shells delivered to Ukraine from 2000 per month to 3000.
Ukraine released video of what it claimed to be a jet-powered kamikaze drone during a test flight.
2024
January 17
Ukraine claimed to have shot down 19 out of 20 drones near Odesa. Three people were injured. Residential buildings, cars and a gas pipe were also damaged.
Three people, including a 13-year old girl, were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Kharkiv Oblasts.
Russian forces claimed to have shot down seven Vilkha missiles and four drones over Belgorod Oblast, as well as another drone over Moscow Oblast.
Germany announced a new military aid package of some €7 billion for Ukraine that would include ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks, drones and communication equipment. However, the Bundestag voted down a motion to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Ukrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov cancelled a scheduled visit to France on 18 January due to "security reasons", according to the French Ministry of Armed Forces.
2024
January 16
Russia claimed to have shot down five drones over Voronezh, during which two children were injured. Explosions were reported near an airbase.
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of over two dozen villages in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, due to “worsening” Russian attacks.
The Verkhovna Rada passed a law creating an electronic registry of potential conscripts for mobilization purposes.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government would deliver some 40 SCALP missiles and “several hundred bombs” in the next few weeks and sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.
Polish truckers who had been blocking three border crossings with Ukraine suspended their actions until March following an agreement with the Polish government.
Seventeen people were injured, two seriously, after two S-300 missiles hit residential buildings in Kharkiv; ten residential buildings were damaged as well, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.
2024
January 15
Five people were killed in a Russian missile strike on a house in New York, Donetsk Oblast, with the bodies only being recovered on 27 January. One person was killed by Russian shelling in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Nikolov claimed that unknown intruders tried to break down his front door and demanded that he join the army two weeks after he had criticized President Zelenskyy's leadership due to his unwillingness to accept "bad news", during which he compared him to a "draft-dodger".
2024
January 14
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 AWACS aircraft and damaged an Ilyushin Il-22 over the Sea of Azov. According to Ukraine, Russia had had only three A-50s and six modernized A-50Us in service, which was confirmed by the UK Defence Intelligence together with the crash of the A-50 aircraft.
In Melitopol, a vehicle carrying four Russian soldiers was claimed to have been blown up by partisans.
The Swedish government and the Norwegian company Nammo signed an agreement to increase production of 155 mm artillery ammunition to Ukraine while also boosting Swedish stocks.
2024
January 13
Russia launched 37 missiles and three drones across Ukraine, of which Ukrainian air defenses intercepted eight missiles. Another 20 missiles were brought down by malfunctions or “Ukrainian electronic warfare systems”. One person was injured in Sumy Oblast.
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné visited Kyiv, during which he encouraged French defence firms to invest in Ukraine.
2024
January 12
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson. In Horlivka, two people were claimed to have been killed and six others injured by a Ukrainian drone strike on an ambulance transporting victims of an earlier Ukrainian attack in Holmivskyi that killed two people.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Kyiv and announced a new £2.5 billion aid package for Ukraine earmarked for the manufacture and purchase of drones, munitions, maritime security and humanitarian aid.
A Russian tank brigade lieutenant was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court to life imprisonment for the killing of two civilians in Mriia during the Battle of Kyiv in 2022.
The NACP added the sandwich chain Subway to its list of international war sponsors for continuing to operate in Russia.
The SBU filed charges against Vasyl Povorozniuk, metropolitan of the Luhansk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP), for collaborating with Russia.
Russia issued an arrest warrant for former vice president of Gazprombank, Igor Volobuyev [uk], for being a "foreign agent," having fled to Ukraine after the 2022 invasion and joining the Kyiv-backed Freedom of Russia Legion.
2024
January 11
Russia claimed to have shot down three drones over Rostov, Tula and Kaluga Oblasts.
Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria signed an agreement establishing a Mine Countermeasures Task Group to deal with Russian naval mines affecting shipping in the Black Sea.
A US Department of Defense Office of Inspector General report revealed that the Pentagon was unable to quickly or fully account for over $1 billion worth of weapons aid to Ukraine, with US officials and diplomats failing to properly monitor 39,139 high-value weapons and devices intended to reach front line Ukrainian units. No evidence of theft or diversion of weaponry was presented in the report, as such investigation was beyond the scope of the inspector general's examination.
US National Security official John Kirby said that the US had run out of funding for military aid to Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada refused to debate legislation regarding an extension of mobilisation which would have reduced the age of conscription from 27 to 25 and increased penalties for draft evaders. The proposal was rejected on the basis that parts of it "directly violate human rights". The bill was returned to President Zelenskyy for further amendments.
During President Zelenskyy's visit to Latvia, his counterpart Edgars Rinkevics announced a new military aid package to Ukraine that would include howitzers, 155 mm ammunition, anti-tank weapons, rockets, grenades, helicopters, drones, communication devices, and generators.
2024
January 10
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv Oblast. Thirteen people, including several Turkish journalists, were injured in a Russian missile attack on a hotel in Kharkiv city.
2024
January 9
In Russia, a fuel depot and another energy facility in Oryol Oblast were reportedly attacked by Ukrainian drones, injuring three people. A woman was claimed killed in a separate attack on the border village of Gornal in Kursk Oblast.
Ukrainian media reported that the Blackjack hacker group undertook a cyberattack against the Russian Internet provider M9 Telecom, destroying the firm's servers and deleting 20 TB of data.
Russia placed exiled oligarch and opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its wanted list for online statements made regarding payments for Russian military fatalities in the invasion of Ukraine.
2024
January 8
Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least five people and injuring at least 45 others in Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv Oblasts.
A Russian Air Force aircraft accidentally released an FAB-250 warhead over Rubizhne, Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. No casualties or damage were reported, as the warhead failed to detonate.
In Russia, three people were reportedly injured by falling drone debris during an attack on Belgorod Oblast.
The HUR claimed to have taken about 100 GB of classified data valued at $1.5 billion from the Russian drone manufacturer Special Technology Center.
2024
January 7
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Kharkiv Oblasts.
The Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov was announced to have been killed in action.
The Polish government reached an agreement with Polish truckers to end their blockade of the Ukrainian border.
During a visit to Kyiv, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa pledged 11000 million JPY ($37 million) for a drone detection system along with other equipment such as gas turbines and electricity transformers.
2024
January 6
Eleven people, including five children, were killed while eight others were injured in Russian missile attacks on Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, Donetsk Oblast. Two people were killed by Russian attacks in Nikopol and in Pivnichne, Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have shot down four Ukrainian missiles over Crimea. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed it had carried out an airstrike on Saky airbase.
Denmark announced that the delivery of 19 F-16s to Ukraine will be delayed until the second quarter of 2024 due to the time required to train Ukrainian pilots and operators.
Ukrainian intelligence claimed to have destroyed a partially built rail bridge, fuel trucks and other construction machinery using a missile strike in Hranitne, near Mariupol.
2024
January 5
The HUR claimed that it had launched a cross-border raid into the Grayvoronsky District of Belgorod Oblast in Russia, mining a road and inflicting casualties on a Russian platoon.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.
Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, a 23-year-old MiG-29 pilot from the Ukrainian Air Force's 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade who was known by the call sign "Blue Helmet", was killed during a combat mission.
A resident of Donetsk Oblast was sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years' imprisonment for spying on Ukrainian military movements in Avdiivka for Russia.
Ukrainian media reported that Anton Kravets, founder of the Ukrainian rubber goods manufacturer Kyivguma [uk], was arrested on suspicion of exporting tactical harnesses and bandages to Russia through Europe, some of which were used by the Russian military in Ukraine.
In Russia, some 300 residents were evacuated from Belgorod. The oblast's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram that his office had received 1,300 applications to evacuate children from the city as well following Ukrainian strikes.
2024
January 4
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on an industrial facility in Kropyvnytskyi. Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.
The Russian defence ministry claimed Ukrainian forces fired 10 missiles at Crimea and 10 over Belgorod, which were all shot down. One person was reported injured at Sevastopol by falling debris while three houses were destroyed. Ukraine claimed it had hit two military targets in Crimea. Two people were injured in Belgorod according to the regional governor.
An Su-34 bomber was set on fire at the Chelyabinsk air base by a Ukrainian saboteur according to the HUR. Russian media reported that the fire was allegedly caused by a 16-year-old boy from Dagestan.
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included a Skynex air defense system, 10 Marder armored vehicles, ammunition for Leopard tanks, two TRML-4D air surveillance radars, 30 drone detection systems, IRIS-T anti-air missiles , 10 GO12 ground surveillance radars , 155 mm artillery ammunition, firearms munitions, two mine-clearing tanks, a bridge-laying tank, trucks, assault rifles, combat helmets, and winter camouflage nets and ponchos.
The NACP added the Lithuanian food manufacturing firm Viciunai Group to its list of international war sponsors for continuing to do business in Russia.
2024
January 3
Three people were killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast and Avdiivka.
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast reported several explosions overnight and claimed that several drones were shot down, while in Crimea, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol claimed that a missile was shot down over the port. Ukraine launched 12 missiles and several drones on Belgorod.
230 Ukrainian POWs and 248 Russians were released in the largest prisoner exchange between the two countries since the 2022 invasion. The exchange was mediated by the UAE.
Norway announced it would send two F-16s to Denmark to help train Ukrainian pilots.
The SBU reported that Russian hackers had gained remote control over security cameras in Kyiv, which were then used to check on the positions of air defence units and give battle damage assessments.
2024
January 2
Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing six people and injuring 127. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have intercepted 72 out of 99 missiles launched. Analysis of remains of a missile fired at Kharkiv found that it was manufactured in North Korea.
In an earlier strike the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down all 35 drones sent from Russia and occupied Ukraine. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast falling debris took out a power line and in Mykolaiv Oblast falling debris started a fire that was extinguished. According to calculations based on the figures of the Ukrainian Air Force; Forbes Ukraine claimed that the missile attack that day cost Russia about 620 million US dollars.
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia accused Ukraine of launching another missile attack on Belgorod. One missile struck a car, killing a man, another hit an auto market wounding four. Three others were also injured in separate instances. Russian air defences claimed to have shot down 17 missiles fired from a MLRS.
A Russian Air Force aircraft accidentally released its explosive ordinance on the Russian village of Petropavlovka, Voronezh Oblast, injuring four people and damaging six or seven buildings.
Turkey blocked two minehunter vessels donated by the UK from entering the Turkish Straits on its way to Ukraine, citing possible violations of the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits regarding the passage of ships belonging to belligerent parties in the Black Sea during conflicts.
2024
January 1
Pro-Russian authorities in Donetsk claimed that four people were killed and 13 others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the city. Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts. Two people were also killed in a Russian drone attack in Sumy Oblast.
A museum in Lviv about the controversial Ukrainian World War Two fighter Roman Shukhevych was set on fire by a Russian drone. Another drone damaged the building of the Lviv National Agrarian University.
Norway allowed its domestic weapons manufacturers to sell directly to Ukraine.
2023
December 31
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Borova, Kharkiv Oblast. One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Odesa. Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks in Kyiv and Kharkiv in response to the attack on Belgorod. At least six missiles hit Kharkiv, injuring 22 people and damaging 12 apartment buildings, 13 houses, and a kindergarten.
2023
December 30
Russia claimed to have shot down 32 drones and 13 missiles over Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, and Moscow Oblasts. In Belgorod, 25 people, including three children, were killed and 108 were injured by shelling. Several homes and water infrastructure were damaged. In Bryansk, the governor claimed that a child was killed, while a recreational centre, 55 homes, private businesses, a pre-school and football field were damaged.
Seven people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kherson, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Twenty-eight people were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv.
2023
December 29
Russia launched airstrikes at several cities across Ukraine, with many explosions reported. At least 50 people were killed, and more than 160 injured. Some 122 missiles and a “score” of drones were fired according to the Ukrainian Air Force, most of which were intercepted. Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk called it "the most massive attack from the air". A maternity hospital in Dnipro was also struck. Ukrainian General Valerii Zaluzhnyi claimed to have intercepted 27 of the drones and 87 of the missiles. One Russian missile, according to Polish army commander Wiesław Kukuła, entered Polish airspace from Ukraine for approximately three minutes, before it "turned back" for Ukrainian airspace.
President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that two Ukrainian drones were shot down over Kursk and Bryansk Oblasts.
A Tarantul-class corvette was struck by a Ukrainian drone whilst in harbour at Sevastopol. On 20 January 2024, satellite images confirmed the sinking.
2023
December 28
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast.
A Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel on its way to pick up grain in Izmail struck a suspected Russian floating mine in the Black Sea, injuring two sailors.
The US sent a military assistance package to Ukraine valued at up to US$250 million that includes air defence munitions, 105 mm and 155 mm shells, 15 million rounds of various types of ammunition and anti-armour weapons.
Two Russian poets were sentenced to up to seven years' imprisonment by a Moscow court for publicly conducting poetry readings critical of the invasion of Ukraine.
2023
December 27
Two people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Odesa.
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down over Rostov Oblast.
Ukraine sentenced Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, to 15 years' imprisonment in absentia for collaborating with Russia and undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity following his role in organizing the region's unrecognized referendum to join Russia.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry announced a new kind of body armour designed specifically for female soldiers that would be manufactured by a Ukrainian company, ending female soldiers having to fund their own body armour or wear male body armour.
2023
December 26
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have destroyed the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk in Feodosia following a missile attack by two Su-24s. Russian officials confirmed the attack, during which one person was killed and two injured. Six buildings were damaged. Russian officials also claimed that two Ukrainian Su-24s were shot down.
Ukrainian military commander Valeriy Zaluzhnyi confirmed that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn to the northern outskirts of Marinka.
A police officer was killed while four others, including two police officers, were injured after the Kherson railway station was shelled by Russian artillery during a civilian evacuation.
2023
December 25
Russia said that its forces had taken Marinka while Ukrainian officials said fighting was still ongoing.
Ukraine officially celebrated Christmas on 25 December, instead of 7 January for the first time, following President Zelenskyy's decision in July to abandon what he called “Russian heritage”.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 28 out of 31 drones. The drones were downed over five oblasts, while two missiles, a Kh-59 and a Kh-31P, were shot down over Zaporizhzhia Oblast and the Black Sea, respectively.
2023
December 24
Five people were killed in Russian attacks across Kherson Oblast. The Russian-installed mayor of Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, claimed that one person was killed and six others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the city.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber jet near Mariupol. Another Su-30 was reportedly shot down over the Black Sea.
Ukraine ordered the evacuation of residents of 19 villages in Sumy Oblast within 5 kilometres of the Russian border due to repeated shelling.
2023
December 23
One person was killed in a Russian drone attack in Kherson Oblast.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan agreed to send scrap cars to Ukraine, particularly vehicles that did not met the UK's new efficiency standards, following a request from Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko to send heavy 4x4 vehicles and trucks that are needed in the frontlines.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing statements from the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade, assessed that Russian forces had begun using chemical weapons, particularly CS gas, against Ukrainian forces in Krynky.
2023
December 22
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Donetsk Oblast.
Three Russian Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber aircraft were reportedly shot down by Ukrainian forces over Kherson Oblast.
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down outside Podolsk, Moscow Oblast.
Two Russian citizens were sentenced by a court in Khabarovsk to eight and seven years' imprisonment, respectively, "for financing Ukraine's armed forces" after they were accused of donating money to a Ukrainian-linked fund.
The Dutch government announced that it would deliver 18 F-16s to Ukraine, while Germany sent an arms shipment to Ukraine that included ammunition for Leopard tanks, three Gepard anti-aircraft systems, and two Wisent mine-clearing tanks.
2023
December 21
Three people were killed while six others were injured by Russian airstrikes on two mines in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast. Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Nikopol.
Two people were injured in a Russian drone attack on a residential building in Kyiv.
Finland pledged a military aid package to Ukraine valued at 106 million euros ($116 million).
2023
December 20
The Ukrainian military acknowledged that Russian forces had advanced by between 1.5 and 2 kilometres in parts of the Avdiivka sector in the past two months and claimed that Russia had taken 20,000 casualties and lost 600 tanks and armored vehicles.
Ukrainian media reported that the Ukrainian hacker group Blackjack carried out a cyber attack against the Russian water utility firm Rosvodokanal with the support of the SBU, gaining access to 1.5 TB of data and deleting another 6 TB.
The SBU placed Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Fridman to its wanted list for helping to finance the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
The Swiss government announced an emergency winter package to Ukraine worth nearly $30 million.
2023
December 19
In Russia, four drones were reportedly shot down over Kaluga and Bryansk Oblasts, while a fifth was intercepted near Moscow, prompting the closure of the city's airports.
A Ukrainian court sentenced a man to 15 years' imprisonment for trying to recruit SBU agents into a Russian spy network.
Germany announced several deals worth some $400 million to supply Ukraine with artillery shells. The orders were placed with Rheinmetall and an unidentified French company.
2023
December 18
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.
The SBU said it had arrested a man in Zaporizhzhia on suspicion of aiding Russian airstrikes on the city.
The EU imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia to come into force on 1 January 2024, which included a ban on the import of diamonds except for industrial purposes, penalties on the circumvention of the price cap on Russian oil, and sanctions on 29 firms linked to the Russian military.
Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said that due to shortages of Soviet-era artillery ammunition and lack of Western support, Ukrainian forces had scaled back offensive operations. He also claimed that Russian forces had similar shortfalls in artillery ammunition.
BAE Systems signed an agreement to repair and maintain artillery systems donated by the UK using Ukrainian employees based in Ukraine.
2023
December 17
A cross-border incursion was launched into Russia by Russian rebels believed to be allied with Ukraine at Terebreno, Belgorod Oblast.
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Sumy Oblasts. One person was killed in Odesa by a Russian drone that was shot down in a residential area. A total of nine drones were reportedly shot down, along with a cruise missile and an Iskander missile.
The SBU said a recording device was discovered inside offices that were set to host Ukrainian military commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.
Russian officials claimed to have shot down some 33 Ukrainian drones over Lipetsk, Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts.
The Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) suspended the inclusion of Raiffeisen Bank from its list of international war sponsors following Austrian opposition to new EU sanctions against Russia.
2023
December 16
Ukraine claimed to have downed 30 of 31 Russian drones launched overnight over 11 regions, with Kyiv recording its sixth air attack for the month.
Russian-installed officials in Kherson Oblast claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian HIMARS missile attack during an aid distribution event in Nova Mayachka.
2023
December 15
The EU, minus Hungary, held a "consensus decision" vote that decided to initiate accession talks with Ukraine. However, a four-year funding package, valued at €50 billion, was blocked by Hungary, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocking it because Ukraine is not part of the EU.
Russia claimed to have shot down ten drones over Kursk Oblast and Crimea.
The UK imposed sanctions on Novikombank, a subsidiary of the Russian state conglomerate Rostec, for being "involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting” the Russian government.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was placed on Ukraine's wanted list for “abetting the conflict”.
Lithuania delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included millions of cartridges, thousands of short-range anti-tank projectiles, and about a thousand folding beds. It also returned several Leopard 2 tanks that were repaired in the country.
2023
December 14
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack in Kherson Oblast.
The UK Ministry of Defence assessed that the Russian 104th Guards Airborne Division likely suffered "exceptionally heavy losses" during its first combat deployment against Ukrainian forces near Krynky.
Romanian authorities said that the remains of a Russian drone were found on its territory near Grindu, around 20 kilometres from the Ukrainian port of Reni. The drone was believed to have been launched over the previous night heading for targets in Odesa Oblast.
In Russia, nine drones were reportedly shot down over Kaluga and Moscow Oblasts.
In a press conference, Putin indicated that Russia would only negotiate with Ukraine "when we achieve our objectives". He stated that another mobilization was unnecessary as "617,000" Russian soldiers were fighting in Ukraine.
Drone footage emerged appearing to show Russian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia Oblast using Ukrainian POWs as human shields as they advanced, in contravention of the Geneva Conventions that regulate treatment of POWs. One was reportedly shown killed in the video.
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included a Patriot missile system, 7,390 rounds of 155 mm ammunition, 14 drone detection systems, eight off-road Zetros trucks, and three mine clearing systems. Estonia pledged a military aid package worth 80 million euros ($88 million) to Ukraine, that included Javelin anti-tank missiles, ammunition, machine guns, various vehicles and vessels, and diving equipment.
The Australian Defense Ministry announced a 186 million AUD ($125.6 million) expansion of its Operation Kudu training program for Ukrainian soldiers in the UK.
2023
December 13
Ukrainian officials said Kyiv was targeted by an overnight Russian air attack. About 53 people were injured, while a hospital and several buildings were damaged. Ukraine claimed it had downed all 20 missiles and drones launched.
Russia placed the head of the HUR, Kyrylo Budanov, on its wanted list.
2023
December 12
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on Odesa.
Russian air defences reportedly shot down a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile over Belgorod Oblast.
A “massive” cyberattack caused disruptions at Ukraine's largest mobile phone operator Kyivstar, and Monobank, one of the country's biggest banks. Authorities reported that the attack also disabled air raid warning systems in Kyiv Oblast, Sumy and Dnipro. The Russian hacker group Solntsepek, which is believed by Ukraine to be run by Russian military intelligence, subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack.
The HUR said that its cyber units, along with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, hacked into the central server of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, as well as 2,300 of its regional servers, extracting sensitive information and destroying the entire tax database with malware.
During President Zelenskyy's meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House, the latter announced a new aid package to Ukraine valued at $200 million.
Finland announced that it would double its manufacture of artillery shells, both for domestic defence and to ensure supplies to Ukraine.
2023
December 11
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed eight ballistic missiles and 18 drones overnight. One person suffered shrapnel wounds and three others suffered acute reactions to stress in Kyiv. An unfinished apartment building was also damaged.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.
The UK government announced the transfer to Ukraine of two Sandown class minehunters from the Royal Navy.
The International Monetary Fund authorised a $900 million disbursement to Ukraine from its loan program.
Slovak truckers began blockading the Slovakia–Ukraine border demanding that the EU restore entry restrictions on Ukrainian trucking firms that were removed following the Russian invasion.
2023
December 9
Two people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Kupiansk. One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Beryslav, Kherson Oblast.
2023
December 8
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack on Pavlohrad Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The SBU announced that a former director of a state-owned defense company and three others were charged with trying to embezzle Hr 3.9 million ($106,500) in funds used to procure Su-27 aircraft parts.
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included 11 reconnaissance drones, six border protection vehicles, eight off-road Zetros trucks, 100,000 first aid kits and other medical materials, 33 GMG automatic grenade launchers, and additional 155 mm artillery shells.
The International Olympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, in a decision that was criticized by both Russia and Ukraine.
2023
December 7
One person was killed in an overnight Russian drone attack on the port of Izmail.
Ukrainian actor Vasyl Kukharskyy [uk] was announced to have died from injuries sustained while fighting on the front in September.
Russian-installed authorities announced that they would start a "voluntary" evacuation of Nova Kakhovka on 13 December, citing the town's proximity to the fighting in the east bank of the Dnipro River.
Ukraine imposed sanctions on 300 individuals and entities linked to Russia. Among those sanctioned were Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat battalion fighting in Ukraine, Ramzan Tsitsulayev, former special envoy of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to Ukraine, Midhat Shagiakhmetov, deputy prime minister of Tatarstan, and Adil Shirinov, CEO of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant.
Russian authorities claimed to have arrested a Belarusian national who was accused of bombing two trains on the Baikal-Amur Mainline on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence on 29–30 November. Two other individuals, including a former soldier were also arrested on suspicion of organizing arson attacks, spying on behalf of Ukraine and sending money to the Ukrainian military.
A court in Chernihiv Oblast sentenced a Russian soldier to 12 years' imprisonment for abducting and taking hostage a 15-year old for four days in 2022 in an effort to coerce his mother, a soldier, to give intelligence on Ukrainian positions.
2023
December 6
Ukrainian media reported that former MP Illia Kyva, who fled to Russia after the 2022 invasion and subsequently called on Putin to launch a "pre-emptive strike" on Ukraine, was shot and killed in a special operation by the SBU in Moscow. It also reported that Oleg Popov, a deputy in the Luhansk People's Republic regional assembly, was killed in a car bombing orchestrated by the SBU in Luhansk city.
A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier in absentia to 15 years' imprisonment for shooting at civilians near Izium in June 2023, while a resident of Luhansk Oblast who was captured near Bilohorivka in May 2023 was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for joining a pro-Russian armed group.
The G7 announced that it would ban imports of Russian diamonds from 2024 as part of sanctions imposed against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
The US Senate blocked a funding bill that included aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with every Republican senator voting against it.
Documents seen by Reuters revealed that Ukraine was requesting more weapons from the United States such as three types of drones, F/A-18 Hornets, C-17 Globemasters, C-130J Super Herculess, AH-64 Apache and Black Hawk helicopters, and THAAD air defence systems.
2023
December 5
Two people were killed in a Russian attack on Kherson. One person was killed in a separate attack in Donetsk Oblast.
The UK Ministry of Defence assessed that Russian forces were in control over most of Marinka, with Ukrainian forces retaining control over "pockets of territory in the western edge of the town."
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber aircraft preparing to launch airstrikes near Snake Island with an anti-aircraft missile from an Su-30SM fighter plane.
Russia claimed to have shot down 35 Ukrainian drones over Crimea. Ukrainian media reported that the Marine Oil Terminal in Feodosia, a Nebo-M radar system near Baherove, as well as a military helicopter parking lot, a P-18 Terek radar complex, and a Baikal-1M anti-aircraft missile control system were targeted in the attacks, causing significant damage.
The US imposed sanctions on the head of the Belarus Red Cross, Dzmitry Shautsou, for his role in the deportation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories, and on Belgium-based businessman Hans de Geetere, who is alleged to lead an international network procuring sophisticated electronics with potential military applications for Russia-based end-users.
2023
December 4
The SBU said it had launched two drone strikes that destroyed Russian ammunition and equipment depots near Svatove, occupied Luhansk Oblast. It also arrested a resident of Kyiv on suspicion of aiding Russian airstrikes on the capital and a businessman for trying to sell stolen aircraft components to Russia.
Nepal confirmed that six of its nationals had been killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine and that a seventh was captured. CNN later estimated that Russia had recruited thousands of Nepalis to fight its war.
The Biden administration warned that funding for Ukrainian military aid would run out by the end of the year and requested more funding from the US Congress. Bulgarian president Rumen Radev vetoed an agreement to donate to send 100 surplus APCs to Ukraine, sending the arrangement back to the National Assembly for reconsideration. The assembly subsequently voted to override Radev's veto on 8 December.
2023
December 3
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts.
2023
December 2
Ukraine released a video reportedly showing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers being executed by Russian soldiers after surrendering near the frontline village of Stepove, Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian military later said that the perpetrators were killed on 4 December.
The SBU said that it had prevented former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko from going to Hungary to meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, saying that Russia was planning to use the meeting "in psychological operations against Ukraine."
2023
December 1
Ukraine claimed that Russian forces launched 25 Shahed drones and one Kh-59 missile. Ukrainian forces claimed to have downed 18 of the drones and the missile.
Ukraine said it had successfully tested domestically made electromagnetic warfare systems to protect soldiers from radar-guided weapons and drones.
Ukrainian media reported that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was behind another bomb attack on a fuel train passing over a rail bridge on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Russian Far East. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) claimed that a Russian military refueling station in Melitopol was blown up by partisans, killing several soldiers and damaging military equipment.
The Russian FSB claimed to have arrested a dual Italian-Russian citizen in relation to the derailing of a freight train near Rybnoye, Ryazan Oblast on 11 November. The FSB claimed that he had been recruited in February 2023 and received training in Latvia.
Two pro-Russian separatists from the Donbas captured by Ukraine were sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree increasing the number of Russian military personnel by 170,000, with the Russian Defence Ministry citing NATO expansion and the war in Ukraine as one of the reasons for the decree.
In an interview with the Associated Press in Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that the Ukrainian counteroffensive "did not achieve the desired results", and said the war had entered a new phase with the winter season.
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included four HX81 tractors, eight Zetros off-road trucks, four other vehicles, 15 HLR 338 precision rifles, 60,000 rounds of ammunition, five drone-detection systems, laser range finders, and more than 4,000 155 mm shells.
The US imposed sanctions on three transnational firms for violating a price cap imposed by the US Treasury Department on Russian oil in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies suspended the membership of the Belarus Red Cross after it refused to remove its head Dzmitry Shautsou, who admitted involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories.
2023
November 30
Five people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential building in Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast. Three people were killed in two attacks in Sadove, Kherson Oblast.
Ukrainian media reported that the SBU was behind a series of overnight explosions at the Severomuysky Tunnel along the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the far eastern Russian republic of Buryatia that targeted a freight train. Ukrainian military intelligence admitted responsibility for a series of sabotage attacks on railway infrastructure in Moscow Oblast.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that Russia had halted prisoner exchanges with Kyiv.
The NACP added the Belgian energy firm Fluxys to its list of International Sponsors of War for storing and transporting Russian liquefied natural gas in its terminal in Zeebrugge.
Vladimir Urin resigned as director of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow without explanation. He had previously signed an open letter calling for an end "to stop all armed activities" in Ukraine.
2023
November 29
The Russian Black Sea Fleet released video of a frigate launching four Kalibr cruise missiles. Russian sources claimed that the missiles struck "enemy (Ukrainian) military infrastructure".
The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that Russian forces had captured Khromove, a village located on the western outskirts of Bakhmut. Ukraine did not immediately give comment to the assertion.
In Russia, a warehouse storing Shahed drones in Bryansk was reportedly attacked by Ukrainian drones.
Ukrainian media reported that cyber specialists from the SBU, along with the Ukrainian hacker group Blackjack breached the website of the Russian Labour Ministry and gained access to 100 TB worth of data from its servers which included sensitive information regarding the invasion of Ukraine. It also reported that Ukrainian military intelligence orchestrated the hacking of television channels in Crimea to broadcast an evening address by President Zelenskyy.
A UK Ministry of Defence intelligence update indicated that Russian aircraft had begun deploying RBK-500 cluster bombs in glide bomb packages.
2023
November 28
Three people, including a seven-year-old child, were killed by Russian shelling in Seredyna-Buda, Sumy Oblast, while one person was killed by shelling in Nikopol.
The deputy commander of the Russian 14th Army Corps, Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, was killed by a landmine in Ukraine. Five other officers were reportedly killed in a Ukrainian airstrike that struck a meeting in occupied Yuvileine, Kherson Oblast.
Ukrainian media reported that Marianna Budanova, the wife of military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov, had been hospitalized for heavy metal poisoning.
The SBU arrested a suspected member of a Russian spy network in Odesa who gathered intelligence to use in airstrikes.
A Russian national who was captured by Russian forces near Chernihiv during the 2022 invasion was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a court in Kursk for allegedly fighting for the Ukrainian far-right group Right Sector. A court in Kazakhstan sentenced a 34-year old national to six years and eight months imprisonment for "mercenarism" after he admitted fighting for the Wagner Group in Ukraine due to financial needs.
Ukrainian truckers blocked the Medyka border crossing with Poland in protest over the ongoing blockade by Polish truckers.
2023
November 27
A car carrying pro-Russian Chechen fighters was reportedly attacked and blown up by Ukrainian partisans over the weekend in an ambush near Myrne, outside Melitopol.
Several military officials and a businessman in Kyiv Oblast were charged with allegedly selling food supplies from a military warehouse worth at least Hr 5 million ($138,000) commercially.
2023
November 26
Russian forces claimed to have downed 24 Ukrainian drones over Moscow Oblast, Tula Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Smolensk Oblast and the Bryansk Oblast. One civilian was injured in Tula when an intercepted drone struck an apartment building. Flights from major Moscow airports were halted. A Ukrainian strike cut off power and heat in Russian-occupied Donetsk according to officials. A "booster" from a Pantsir missile system smashed into a wall of a two-story wooden home in Moscow, starting a fire that was quickly put out by the occupants without casualties.
In Russia, an aircraft factory in Smolensk was reportedly attacked by a Ukrainian drone.
A M1A1 Abrams tank was seen in Kupiansk, the first time one was seen in Ukrainian usage.
Artem Sachuk, vice president of the Ukrainian Chess Federation, was announced by the organization to have been killed in action on the front lines.
2023
November 25
Ukrainian officials claimed that Russia launched what it called the largest drone attack since the invasion began at Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 74 out of 75 drones launched. The raid lasted some six hours. Damaged buildings were reported "in districts all across the city". Five were injured including an 11-year-old girl. A children's nursery was set on fire. Due to the attack some 200 buildings were left without power.
The EU pledged 50 million euros ($55 million) to repair Ukrainian port infrastructure damaged in Russian attacks. Azerbaijan delivered a Revival P mechanized demining machine to Ukraine.
2023
November 24
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.
Russia claimed to have shot down 16 drones over Crimea and Volgograd Oblast.
A resident of Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for spying on the Ukrainian military for Russia. A resident of Vinnytsia was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for similar charges and aiding Russian airstrikes.
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Yuriy Kondratyuk as first Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian National Guard and his replacement by Vadym Gladkov. Three other deputy commanders were also replaced.
The NACP removed three Greek shipping companies from its list of International Sponsors of War after they had stopped transporting Russian oil.
Russian and Chinese officials had reportedly started discussions about the possibility of building an undersea tunnel to connect Crimea to Russia, citing previous attacks on the Crimean Bridge.
The Head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, told Radio Ukraine that a plan was being drawn up to demobilise conscripts who had completed their "service terms" in response to a protest held on 12 November by mostly female relatives of conscripts whom have been fighting for over 18 months.
Nearly 500 tons of humanitarian aid that arrived in Ukraine were found to have been illegally concealed from its proper recipients at three locations in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
2023
November 23
Three people were killed while five others were injured following a Russian cluster munitions strike on Chornobaivka, Kherson Oblast. One person was killed in a separate attack in Beryslav.
In Russia, a student of Belgorod State University was placed in pre-trial detention on charges of terrorism after he was caught taking a photograph at a military recruitment office in Moscow. Authorities said that he planned to set the place on fire after coming into contact with Ukrainian groups, while his lawyer said he took a picture of the facility's operating hours in preparation for his draft registration.
The NACP placed Knauf on its list of International Sponsors of War for continuing to operate in Russia. Ukraine also imposed sanctions on 387 individuals and entities connected with Russia, including energy firms, former head of the Russian presidential administration Anatoly Chubais, former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Volodymyr Sivkovich and Leonid Kharchenko, who was convicted by a Dutch court for his role in the MH17 shootdown in 2015.
President Putin reportedly pardoned two cannibals who fought in Ukraine for six months with the Storm-Z penal battalion.
2023
November 22
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast. Two people were injured by Russian shelling in Nikopol which damaged eight homes and a gas pipeline and left 1,200 families without power due to damaged power lines. 14 Shahed drones were shot down while a cruise missile crashed in Zaporizhzhia causing damage to infrastructure.
Russia claimed to have destroyed four Ukrainian naval drones heading towards Crimea. It also claimed that Boris Maksudov, a journalist for Rossiya 24 was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia front.
Lithuania delivered three million 7.62x51mm small arms ammunition, remote detonation systems, and winter equipment to Ukraine. Unnamed Ukrainian officials claimed that the delivery of 155mm shells from the US had dropped by over 30% since the start of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war on 7 October, which the Pentagon denied.
A military court in Saint Petersburg sentenced a 17-year-old male to six years' imprisonment for attempting to set fire to military recruitment offices in protest over the war in Ukraine.
Poland filed espionage charges against 16 foreign nationals accused of being members of a Russian spy ring dismantled earlier in the year that sought to sabotage trains heading to Ukraine and spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
2023
November 21
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kherson Oblast.
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Kursk and Oryol Oblasts.
The SBU arrested a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate's Vinnytsia Diocese for spreading pro-Russian propaganda in his sermons and on social media.
During a visit to Kyiv, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new military aid package valued at "1.3 billion euros ($1.42 billion)" that would include four IRIS-T missile units, anti-tank mines and 20,000 155mm artillery shells. He also pledged the delivery of 140,000 155mm shells to Ukraine in 2024.
2023
November 20
Two drivers were killed in Russian shelling of a transport facility in Kherson. An elderly woman was killed in a separate attack in Nikopol. One person was killed and 39 workers were briefly trapped following a Russian missile strike on a mine in Donetsk Oblast, while three people were killed in a missile attack on a hospital in Selydove.
The bodies of 94 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were returned to Ukraine in a cadaver exchange with Russia, with the number of repatriated Russian personnel undisclosed.
The US government announced a $100 million military aid package to Ukraine that would include a new HIMARS launcher believed to have been fitted to fire GLSDBs, Stinger and TOW missiles and 105 mm and 155mm shells. It also imposed sanctions on two Russian officers, Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov and Guard Corporal Daniil Frolkin for their role in the Bucha massacre.
Russia placed Ukrainian Crimean Tatar singer and Eurovision winner Jamala on its wanted list, with Russian media saying that she was wanted for posting information on the Bucha massacre.
2023
November 19
A Ukrainian attack on a dance hall hosting a theatrical performance for Russian soldiers in Kumachove, occupied Donetsk Oblast, killed 20 Russian personnel and an actress.
Ukrainian forces claimed to have expanded its bridgehead on the east bank of the Dnipro River and stopped 12 Russian attacks over the past day.
According to the Ukrainian military, some 20 Shahed drones were sent at Kyiv from multiple directions overnight; 15 were destroyed, some 10 were shot down over Kyiv and its outskirts. Five houses were damaged while an infrastructure building was "slightly damaged". One person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down over Moscow Oblast.
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Major-General Tetiana Ostashchenko as commander of the Ukrainian Medical Forces Command and her replacement by Major-General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk, citing the need for "a fundamentally new level of medical support" for the military.
A former Australian Army soldier fighting in the Ukrainian Army was announced to have been killed near Avdiivka sometime in October by Russian artillery.
Bohdan Yermokhin, an orphaned Ukrainian teenager from Mariupol who was deported to Russia and had publicly appealed to President Zelenskyy to help him avoid conscription in the Russian army and return to Ukraine, was repatriated following mediation by UNICEF and Qatar.
Pictures posted on X, formerly Twitter, indicated that Russia had modified its 122mm shells for immediate use.
2023
November 18
Ukraine claimed to have shot down 28 out of 39 Shahed drones launched by Russian forces during an attack against infrastructure that lasted the night of 17–18 November. An energy infrastructure unit and an administration building in Odesa were damaged. One civilian was wounded. In Chernihiv Oblast, two infrastructure buildings were also damaged. Drones launched towards Kyiv were all shot down.
The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that a drone was shot down over Moscow.
Ukraine imposed sanctions on 140 individuals and entities believed to be involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories.
2023
November 17
Six people were killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.
Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren said that the Netherlands would pledge two billion euros ($2.2 billion) in military aid to Ukraine in 2024.
The UK Defence Ministry said that it was "likely" that Russian forces were updating their A-50 early warning aircraft in anticipation of the West supplying modern fighter jets such as the F-16.
The US and Ukraine announced the holding of a joint "military industry conference" in Washington D.C. on 6–7 December 2023. The conference is in part aimed at increasing joint ventures and production between Ukraine and Western arms manufacturers.
2023
November 16
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine claimed to have shot down 16 of 18 drones launched and a missile over Khmelnytskyi. Falling debris injured a truck driver and damaged a food warehouse.
In Russia, Oleksandr Slisarenko, the Russian-installed deputy head of the Kharkov Military–Civilian Administration, was reportedly killed in a car bombing orchestrated by the SBU in Belgorod.
A court in Saint Petersburg sentenced artist and musician Aleksandra Skochilenko to seven years' imprisonment for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans.
2023
November 15
Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to President Zelenskyy, acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian forces were holding positions on the east bank of the Dnipro river. The Ukrainian military later said it had established a buffer zone of three to eight kilometers from the river's bank in Kherson Oblast.
Four Russian S-300 missiles struck Selydove, Donetsk Oblast, killing four people and injuring three. Six apartment blocks and 20 houses were damaged. Two members of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine were killed by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast while responding to an earlier missile attack.
The US government announced that major maintenance and repairs of Ukrainian F-16s would occur in Poland.
2023
November 14
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Nikopol.
Russia claimed that a munitions and explosives factory in Seltso, Bryansk Oblast was damaged by a Ukrainian drone, while other drones were shot down in Moscow, Tambov, and Oryol Oblasts. A resident of Krasnoyarsk Krai was sentenced to 7.5 years imprisonment for criticizing Russian military abuses in Ukraine and Joseph Stalin, while a resident of Tolyatti was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for defacing posters of Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine.
Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, one of five people jailed in connection with the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, received a presidential pardon after accepting and finishing a contract to fight in Ukraine. However, his lawyer said that he was still in Ukraine, having signed another contract to fight there as a volunteer.
The SBU arrested a man in Mykolaiv on suspicion of spying on Ukrainian air bases for Russia.
The EU pledged 100 million euros ($107.2 million) for humanitarian aid operations in Ukraine and 10 million euros ($10.7 million) to support Ukrainian refugees in Moldova. Rheinmetall announced that it was supplying 25 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine following an order financed by the German government.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed that the EU would not be able to supply Ukraine with one million 155mm shells by March 2024.
The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Russia had increased its production of laser-guided 152mm Krasnopol shells.
Ukraine launched an $50-million insurance program with the help of broker Marsh McLennan and Lloyd's of London to cover grain ships using its ports in case of attacks.
2023
November 13
Three people were killed and 15 others were injured by Russian shelling in Kherson. 17 structures, including a hospital, as well as an ambulance and seven other vehicles were damaged.
The SBU arrested two people on suspicion of aiding Russian intelligence in launching airstrikes on Kyiv and Cherkasy.
A court in Lviv sentenced former MP Illia Kyva, who defected to Russia, in absentia to 14 years imprisonment for treason, following his call for Putin to launch a "pre-emptive strike" on Ukraine in 2022.
A man in Kharkiv was sentenced to life imprisonment for providing information to Russia that contributed to airstrikes on the city, including that on the regional state administration building in March 2022.
RIA Novosti and TASS published, then retracted a report saying that Russian forces were being withdrawn east of the Dnipro River. The Russian Defence Ministry attributed the report to a "fake account" linked to Ukraine, while the latter described the incident as a disinformation operation.
The US Department of Defense was reported to be purchasing approximately 60 Gepard air defence units from Jordan, which were in turn purchased from the Netherlands between 2013 and 2016, for use in Ukraine. Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine consisting of 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks, five Warthog armored ambulances, 10 Vector reconnaissance drones, 14 Bandvagn all-terrain vehicles, 1,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition, 10,000 safety glasses, 1.4 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 16 more Zetros trucks, three border protection vehicles, a mine clearing tank, and 14 ground surveillance radars.
2023
November 12
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it had managed to reconfigure its Soviet-era Buk missile systems to enable them to fire US-made Sea Sparrow missiles.
Bloomberg reported that the government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will double military aid to Ukraine in 2024 to around 8 billion euros ($8.54 billion) and raise German defence spending to 2% of GDP in line with NATO policies. The German government also pledged two IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine.
2023
November 11
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have intercepted 19 of 31 Shahed drones launched from Russia. It also reported that Russia fired a Onyx missile from Crimea, a Kh-31 from the Black Sea and a S-300 from Belgorod Oblast. A ballistic missile was intercepted on its way to Kyiv while explosions were heard in the east bank of the Dnipro river section of the city in the first attack on the capital in 52 days.
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Toretsk and Minkivka, Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed three Russian military officers were killed in a bombing orchestrated by partisans during a meeting between the FSB and Rosgvardiya at a garrison housed in a former post office in Melitopol.
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that three houses, power lines and "five railway carriages were damaged" in a Ukrainian airstrike on Valuyki. A freight train was derailed in Rybnoye, Ryazan Oblast, which officials blamed on an improvised explosive device which derailed 19 cars, damaged 15 of them and injured the driver's assistant.
A joint investigation by The Washington Post and Der Spiegel claimed that Roman Chervinsky, a former Ukrainian Special Forces commander who is currently in prison on unrelated charges was responsible for "logistics and support" for the six-person sabotage group that allegedly attacked the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a statement from his lawyer, Chervinsky denied any knowledge of the attack. The plan was reportedly designed to keep President Zelenskyy "in the dark".
2023
November 10
Four people were killed in Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed one Serna-class landing craft and one Ondatra-class craft were sunk by naval drones in Vuzka Bay, Crimea.
Russia claimed to have intercepted two drones over Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts.
A car bomb targeting a Russian police officer was reportedly detonated by Ukrainian partisans in Mariupol.
The SBU arrested a resident of Odesa Oblast for passing information to Russian intelligence to use in air strikes. A court in Sumy sentenced a man to 15 years imprisonment for spying on behalf of the FSB and guiding a Russian column on its way to Kyiv with his car during the Northern Ukraine campaign in 2022.
The Russian State Duma was considering a bill that would allow private security to shoot down Ukrainian drones that approach energy infrastructure, which was previously reserved for "law enforcement, security agencies, and certain private security companies" with anti-terror powers.
2023
November 9
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast. 11 people were reportedly injured following a Ukrainian missile attack on occupied Skadovsk.
Russia claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian missile near the Crimean coast. Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Tor missile system using a first-person-view drone on the Kupiansk front.
A Russian military court sentenced a Ukrainian soldier to 19 years imprisonment for alleged war crimes in Mariupol.
The NACP added the Bolero Group, one of Georgia's largest wine producers, to its International Sponsors of War list for continuing to operate in Russia.
Russian-installed officials announced that "private clinics" in Crimea have stopped providing abortions. The Russian-appointed health minister, Konstantyn Skorupskyi, said that the clinics "offered to contribute to improving the demographic situation by giving up providing abortions."
2023
November 8
Mikhail Filiponenko, a separatist military commander of the Luhansk People's Republic during the War in Donbas and a member of the Russian-installed regional assembly, was killed by a car bomb planted by Ukrainian military intelligence and partisans in Luhansk city.
The Liberian-flagged cargo ship Kmax Ruler was hit by a Russian missile as it was entering Pivdennyi Port, Odesa Oblast to pick up iron ore bound for China, killing a Ukrainian pilot and injuring another port employee and four Filipino crew members. Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
A court in Odesa convicted and sentenced the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo, in absentia to 15 year's imprisonment for treason, collaborationism, and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The European Union authorized the beginning of accession talks regarding Ukraine and Moldova joining the bloc in 2024.
In Russia, the FSB arrested a man in Buryatia for allegedly working with Ukrainian intelligence to convince Russian soldiers to defect upon deployment to Ukraine.
The UK imposed sanctions on 29 individuals and entities supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine through "gold, oil, and strategic sectors." Among those sanctioned were a network of UAE-based gold traders believed to have channeled over $300 million in revenues to Russia, two of Russia's largest gold producers and its largest gold refiner, and the energy trading company Paramount Energy & Commodities.
The Ukraine-skeptic government of newly elected Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico blocked the delivery of a 40.3-million-euro ($43.2 million) military aid package for Ukraine proposed by its predecessor.
2023
November 7
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Bahatyr, Donetsk Oblast, while two others were killed in separate attacks in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
The Russian-installed head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that six people were killed and 11 others injured by Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk city.
Russia claimed to have destroyed or intercepted 15 drones over the Black Sea and Crimea, while explosions were reported near Belbek airbase.
The last 16 workers of the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant were evacuated from the facility.
Ukraine imposed sanctions on nine companies linked to Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for providing support to the Russian war effort in Ukraine. An American court indicted seven individuals and three firms based in the US, Russia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates for exporting US-made dual-use technologies to Russia.
A court in Moscow ordered the arrest of exiled Pussy Riot member Lucy Shtein for purportedly spreading false information on Russian military actions in Ukraine.
Five Ukrainian armoured vehicles, including a BTR-4, were deployed on the east bank of the Dnipro River near Krynky, Kherson Oblast, the first time such vehicles were seen in the area since the Russian occupation began.
President Zelenskyy said during an address that additional NASAMS systems had been received as part of increasing air defences ahead of winter without mentioning its supplier.
The Dutch Defence Ministry said five F-16s were sent to Romania for Ukrainian pilots to use in training.
2023
November 6
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.
Major Hennadiy Chastyakov, an aide to Ukrainian military commander General Valerii Zaluzhnyi was killed by a grenade given as a birthday present at his residence in Chaiky [uk], Kyiv Oblast. His 13-year-old son was injured.
In his first definite statement on holding elections in wartime, President Zelenskyy called such thoughts "absolutely irresponsible" and adding that it was "not the right time" to hold such exercises.
Herman Smetanin, the head of the Ukrainian state weapons producer Ukroboronprom, announced that it had begun mass-producing of kamikaze drones with a maximum range of 1,000 kilometers in cooperation with foreign partners, adding they had been used against Russian targets.
The Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Yevgeny Balitsky, announced the beginning of construction of a railway linking the region to Russia, starting at Yakymivka, outside Melitopol, and terminating at Rostov-on-Don and passing through Berdiansk and Mariupol. He added that the project would aid Russian military logistics by circumventing the Crimean Bridge.
The French weapons manufacturer Verney-Carron signed a 36 million euro ($38.6 million) contract to provide Ukraine with 10,000 assault rifles, 2,000 sniper rifles, and 400 grenade launchers.
Polish truckers blocked three crossings on the Poland-Ukraine border in protest over falling revenues they attributed to the relaxation of EU regulations on Ukrainian truckers. The Ukrainian government said the blockage had prevented the movement of about 20,000 vehicles on both sides of the border by 9 November.
The Kyiv Post released drone footage of what it claimed was Ukrainian special forces attacking Wagner PMC soldiers in Sudan with an explosive projectile.
2023
November 5
In the evening Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, injuring eight people. 15 drones and a missile were reportedly shot down over the city. Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov said significant damage was reported on the Odesa Fine Arts Museum housed in the Potocki Palace, where artwork was ripped from walls and windows blown off, as well as on 20 residential buildings and the water system. The museum, which was celebrating its 124th anniversary on the day of the attack, said none of its collections were destroyed.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian officials claimed that an explosion broke out at a Russian ammunition depot in Sedovo, occupied Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian Pole 21 electronic warfare system in the southern front.
2023
November 4
Ukraine launched a missile strike on the Zalyv Shipbuilding yard, also known as the BE Butoma shipyard, in Kerch, Crimea, hitting a dry dock and reportedly damaging the Russian cruise missile carrier Askold.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson. Another person was killed in a separate attack in Poltava Oblast.
The SBU formally charged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow with supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and undermining the country's territorial integrity.
2023
November 3
Nineteen soldiers from the Ukrainian 128th Mountain Assault Brigade "Zakarpattia" were killed and several others, including civilians were injured following a Russian missile attack on an awards ceremony to celebrate Artillery Day on the frontline village of Zarichne [uk], Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The brigade's commander, Colonel Dmytro Lysiuk, who arrived late to the ceremony and was uninjured, was suspended from his position.
Russian-installed officials in occupied Kherson Oblast claimed that nine people were killed by Ukrainian shelling in Chaplynka.
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Brigadier General Viktor Khorenko as commander of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and his replacement by Serhii Lupanchuk, following a request by defence minister Rustem Umerov.
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a car belonging to Igor Kuznetsov, the CEO of the Russian arms manufacturer GosNIImash, was set on fire in Nizhniy Novgorod by members of the "resistance" movement.
A court in Moscow sentenced activist Pyotr Verzilov in absentia to 8.5 years in prison for reporting on the Bucha massacre.
Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren pledged ammunition to Ukraine worth €500 million ($532 million). The US pledged a $425 million military aid package to Ukraine that would include NASAMS and HIMARS munitions, TOW anti-tank missiles, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery rounds, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor system, small-arms ammunition, and cold weather gear.
2023
November 2
Russia claimed to have shot down six drones over the Black Sea and Crimea.
Ukraine sustained its most extensive Russian artillery bombardment of 2023 over the last 24 hours according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, with about 118 settlements shelled in ten regions. Authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents or guardians from 66 settlements in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast citing the "security situation".
South Korean officials said that North Korea had supplied Russia with several types of missiles for use in Ukraine including "short-range ballistic missiles, anti-tank missiles and portable anti-air missiles".
The NACP added Nestle to its International Sponsors of War list for continuing to operate in Russia.
2023
November 1
Five people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
The Economist published an opinion piece from top Ukrainian commander Valery Zaluzhnyi in which he called the current state of the conflict a "stalemate". In response, the deputy head of President Zelenskyy's office, Igor Zhovkva criticized Zaluzhnyi's for allegedly going too far in disclosing battlefield information to the public.
The Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation uncovered a massive scheme involving regional military enlistment offices receiving bribes in exchange for helping people evade mobilization. It said that nine recruitment officers were involved in the scheme, which was allegedly organized by the former head of the Kyiv Regional Military Commissariat and was primarily centered in Kyiv Oblast. At least 100 people were suspected to have availed of the scheme after paying between $6,000-10,000 in bribes.
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced three Ukrainian soldiers to 30 years to life imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.
Switzerland extended the temporary protected status it granted for Ukrainian refugees until March 2025.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke to a pair of Russian pranksters posing as African leaders in a thirteen-minute audio clip, during which she admitted that there was a "lot of fatigue" over the war in Ukraine.
2023
October 31
One person was killed while two others were injured in a Russian attack in Kherson. Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts.
An oil refinery in Kremenchuk was set on fire following a Russian attack.
The White House said that President Biden will veto any Republican funding bill for Israel if aid for Ukraine was excluded.
2023
October 30
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed Russian air defence systems in a missile attack on Crimea. Russian milbloggers said that two missiles fell near Olenivka while three naval drones were intercepted near Sevastopol. The attack was believed to have targeted an S-300 missile battery, and injured about 17 Russian personnel. One person was reportedly injured following explosions in Sevastopol and Saky.
The FSB detained a Russian national in Sevastopol for allegedly passing sensitive information to Ukraine.
Latvia pledged 12 drones to the Ukrainian police.
The Russian private military company Redut opened recruitment for women as drone operators and snipers in the invasion of Ukraine.
An apartment owned by the Zelenskyys in Yalta, Crimea was auctioned off by Russian authorities after it was seized.
2023
October 29
One person was killed in a Russian attack in Kherson Oblast.
A Russian Su-25 fighter jet was reportedly shot down by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Avdiivka.
In Russia, a fire was reported at the Afipsky oil refinery near Novorossiysk. No damage or casualties were reported. Local media, quoting security officials, claimed the fire was started by a drone. Ukrainian media reported that the attack was organized by the SBU.
The Institute for the Study of War, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Colonel General Oleg Makarevich was replaced as the commander of Russian forces in Kherson by Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky.
2023
October 28
Russia claimed to have destroyed 36 drones over the Black Sea and Crimea following explosions near Chornomorske and Saky.
2023
October 27
An entire family consisting of nine people, including two children, was killed by Russian soldiers who wanted to seize their home in Volnovakha, occupied Donetsk Oblast. Russia said it had arrested two suspects.
Pro-Russian and former Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleg Tsaryov was shot and wounded near his home in Crimea. Russian officials said he was in hospital under intensive care. The FSB claimed that it had killed a Ukrainian military intelligence agent and arrested two others following a shootout in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
US intelligence officials claimed that Russian forces were executing soldiers who had refused to follow orders in fighting near Avdiivka; Ukrainian forces claimed that some Russian units had suffered "mutinies".
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included an IRIS-T SLM air defense system, IRIS-T SLS missiles, 5,000 155 mm artillery shells, four armored personnel carriers, eight VECTOR reconnaissance drones, a TRML-4D aerial radar, four ground radars, five unmanned surface ships, six border guard vehicles, ammunition for MARS II multiple-launch rocket systems, four tractors with semi-trailers, and 10,000 safety glasses.
The Institute for the Study of War assessed that some 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been recruited by Russian forces to fight against Ukraine. Russian state media reported that the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion formed in February 2023 from Ukrainian POWs had joined a Russian military unit and would be deployed to the front after taking an oath.
In a phone call, President Zelenskyy told UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that Russian forces had lost at least a brigade's worth of soldiers during fighting near Avdiivka.
The bodies of 50 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were returned to Ukraine in a cadaver exchange with Russia.
2023
October 26
Two people, including a 16-year-old, were killed by Russian shelling in Sumy and Kherson Oblasts.
Russia claimed that three drones tried to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. The FSB claimed to have killed a man working for Ukrainian intelligence in Tver who was planning to attack a military enlistment office following a shootout.
Romania installed an anti-drone system at the Danube Delta region bordering Ukraine following incidents of Russian drone debris landing on its territory during airstrikes.
Denmark pledged a military aid package to Ukraine worth 3.7 billion kroner ($520 million) that would include T-72EA tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, artillery shells, drones, small arms, and engineering and recovery vehicles. The US also pledged a military aid package worth around $150 million that would include munitions for NASAMS and HIMARS munitions, small arms, AIM-9M and Stinger missiles, Javelin anti-armor systems, night vision devices, and cold weather gear.
The new Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico officially announced that his country would provide no further military aid to Ukraine and oppose further sanctions against Russia.
2023
October 25
Sixteen people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Twenty people were injured in a Russian strike employing Iranian Shahed drones in Netishyn, likely targeting the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant. One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Beryslav.
The Australian government announced a $20 million (AUD) aid package for the Ukrainian military that would include 3D printers, de-mining equipment, x-ray machines and anti-drone systems.
The Russian Federation Council unanimously approved a bill to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
2023
October 24
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Podoly, Kharkiv Oblast, another four in the region were injured. Four people, including a 12-year-old, were injured by Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.
Russia claimed to have destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones following explosions in Sevastopol.
The Russian Federal Security Service accused the SBU of attempting to poison some 77 pilots of the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots in Krasnodar Krai during a reunion by sending a poisoned cake and whiskey. The deliveryman, who came from occupied Melitopol, was sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment for hooliganism.
Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $1.4 billion that would include three Gepard anti-aircraft cannon systems, 40 RQ-35 and Vector reconnaissance drones, a Biber assault bridge system, three HX81 tank recovery vehicles, three tank recovery trailers, 13 border patrol vehicles, and 3,872 155 mm smoke shells.
2023
October 23
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast. In Kherson city, transportation and food factories were hit. Ukraine's air defense systems destroyed six Russian drones and a cruise missile. Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, said Russia shot down three Ukrainian missiles heading for Crimea.
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that four FSB agents were "liquidated" by partisans in a car bombing in Berdiansk.
The SBU arrested three residents of Kherson on suspicion of aiding Russian airstrikes on the city.
Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents or guardians from eight settlements in Donetsk Oblast and 23 settlements in Kherson Oblast due to heavy fighting.
The Washington Post reported that the SBU carried out dozens of assassinations in Russia since the invasion began, including the bomb attack on journalist Darya Dugina, which they had previously denied.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submitted a bill to parliament for the ratification of Sweden's NATO membership.
Russian OMON police raided a Moscow mosque during Friday prayers, according to reports, and took those arrested to a military enlistment office. It was also alleged that they seized the worshippers' passports, and without legal advice, forced them to sign military contracts.
2023
October 22
Two people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast. A power plant operated by Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK sustained significant damage in a separate attack.
In Crimea, explosions were reported in Sevastopol Bay. Russia claimed to have shot down three missiles over Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine claimed to have shot down five Russian Su-25s over the last ten days over Donetsk Oblast.
2023
October 21
Eight postal workers were killed and 17 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the privately owned Nova Poshta sorting office at Novyi Korotych, Kharkiv Oblast.
The United Nations found further evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces during an investigation in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. It cited evidence for "indiscriminate attacks," as well as "war crimes of wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation."
2023
October 20
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Kherson Oblast. Another person was killed and another hospitalized in a separate attack on residences in Kryvyi Rih.
The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northeastern part of the village of Krynky, two kilometers southeast of the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.
The exiled mayor of Melitopol claimed that Ukrainian partisans detonated a car bomb in the Aviamistechko district that targeted Russian looters.
Russian authorities started a military camp in occupied territories to train teenagers aged 14 to 17 years in "particular military occupational specialties" that Russian forces lack. Occupation authorities intend to involve every 1 in 10 children in the Young Army Cadets National Movement.
The Russian Aerospace Forces reinforced Belbek Airport in Crimea with at least four MiG-31 and some ten Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets.
Ukraine claimed that the Russian Orthodox Church had set up a private military company using donations for funding and utilizing a cathedral for training.
In Moscow, OMON riot police detained worshippers at a mosque for forced enlistment. Authorities seized the worshippers' passports and had them sign military enlistment contracts without the presence of lawyers.
2023
October 19
Ukrainian forces reportedly landed on the east bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson Oblast, advancing north of Pishchanivka and into Poima, around four kilometers from the shore, and prompting Russian airstrikes on Pishchanivka. One person was killed in a Russian attack in Bila Hora, Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have intercepted three Royal Air Force aircraft over the Black Sea.
Israeli officials told Axios that tens of thousands of 155 mm artillery shells that were to be delivered by the US Defense Department for Ukraine were to be diverted instead to Israel to fight Hamas militants. According to US officials, the shells were already stockpiled in Israel and the US would transfer them to Ukraine if Israel gave permission.
Ukraine announced a campaign to hire over 2,000 judges to tackle multiple issues such as corruption allegations, war crimes investigations and delays in background checks.
US President Joe Biden delivered a national address linking the war in Ukraine with the war in Israel, saying "We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win." He also asked Congress for $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and US–Mexico border security.
Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine.
US journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva was detained in Russia, charged with failure to register as a foreign agent. Kurmasheva was in Russia for a "family emergency".
2023
October 18
Five people were killed and five others were injured in a Russian missile attack on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia, while another was killed in a separate attack in Dnipro. Two people were killed in a missile attack in Stepove, Mykolaiv Oblast, while one person was killed in an airstrike in Kherson Oblast.
Two Ukrainian missiles were reportedly shot down over Crimea, with an explosion being reported in the Sakharnaya Golovka area of Sevastopol.
Russia said it had shot down 28 drones over Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts as well as over the Black Sea. A military camp near the Khalino airbase in Kursk was reportedly struck by drones from the SBU.
2023
October 17
Ukraine claimed it had killed and wounded dozens of Russian soldiers and destroyed between nine and 21 helicopters, an air defense system, and an ammunition dump in airstrikes in Berdiansk and Luhansk. Analysts later reported 21 helicopters had been destroyed. President Zelenskyy confirmed that 160-kilometer (99-mile) range ATACMS rockets were used in the attacks, the first time they were used in the conflict since their arrival from the US a few days earlier. Forbes reported that three ATACMS were fired during the attack.
The Ukrainian military said it had advanced by a kilometer west of Verbove.
2023
October 16
The ISW assessed that Russian forces had advanced three kilometers south of Avdiivka.
Ukrainian Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade had shot down an Mi-8 without supplying the location.
In Russia, three drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast.
The US military confirmed the arrival in Ukraine of all 31 Abrams tanks it had promised to the latter.
2023
October 15
Two people were killed in a Russian airstrike in Druzhelyubivka, Kharkiv Oblast. Another two people were killed in Russian attacks on Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, while two others were killed in shelling of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast. Two airstrikes on infrastructure facilities in Kherson resulted in electricity and water outages in the city.
Russia claimed to have shot down 27 drones over Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts. An attack on an energy facility in Krasnaya Yaruga, Belgorod Oblast, caused blackouts in the area.
Four Ukrainian children deported to Russia were returned to their families as part of an agreement brokered by Qatar.
2023
October 14
Three people, including an 11-year-old child, were killed in Russian attacks on Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.
A massive fire broke out at a gas pipeline in Kuteinykove, occupied Donetsk Oblast.
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over the coast of Sochi.
According to Boeing, GLSDB will be delivered to Ukraine by winter.
2023
October 13
One person was killed and 23 others were injured in a Russian missile attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, while another was killed in a drone strike in Kherson Oblast.
A train carrying ammunition and fuel for the Russian military as well as looted items was reportedly blown up by Ukrainian partisans in Melitopol.
The White House said that North Korea had delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions for the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
A Ukrainian woman in Kirovohrad Oblast was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for treason for providing the Russian military with photographs of strategic sites, such as oil refineries and defense plants, in Ukraine.
French police opened an investigation into the suspected poisoning of Russian journalist and former Kremlin propagandist Marina Ovsyannikova, who had previously protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after she suddenly collapsed outside her apartment. In early October, she was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison by a Moscow court for "disseminating false information" about the Russian army.
2023
October 12
Five people, including a child, were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.
The ISW assessed that Russian forces had taken 4.5 square kilometers of territory around Avdiivka since the start of its offensive on 10 October.
The Russian project 22160 patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin and a Buyan-class corvette were reportedly damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea. Ukrainian forces intercepted and repelled a Russian sabotage group in Sumy Oblast.
In Russia, two people were reportedly killed in a house fire caused by falling drone debris in Belgorod Oblast.
The Czech Republic and Denmark jointly pledged a military aid package to Ukraine that would include 50 infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, 2,500 pistols, 7,000 rifles, 500 light machine guns, 500 sniper rifles, electronic warfare and surveillance equipment, and artillery shells.
President Putin made his first international visit following the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant against him, arriving in Kyrgyzstan, which is not a member of the court, to attend the Commonwealth of Independent States summit.
The International Olympic Committee suspended the Russian Olympic Committee until further notice after the latter recognized Olympic councils from occupied Ukrainian regions unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2022.
2023
October 11
Four people were killed and two more injured by Russian shelling of a high school in Nikopol. Another person was killed in a separate attack in Avdiivka.
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Bryansk Oblast.
A suspected saboteur working for Russian military intelligence in Kharkiv was arrested after he was reportedly caught planting explosives at a gas station.
The UK Defense Ministry announced a £100 million ($122 million) military aid package to Ukraine that included anti-minefield equipment and the MSI-DS Terrahawk Paladin air-defense system. The Pentagon also pledged a $200 million military aid package to Ukraine that included AIM-9 munitions, artillery and rocket ammunition, precision aerial munitions, anti-tank weapons, and anti-drone equipment.
2023
October 10
A 13-year-old child was killed by Russian shelling in Uhroidy, Sumy Oblast.
Russia intensified its offensive to encircle Avdiivka.
In Russia, a couple was reportedly killed by Ukrainian shelling in Popovka, Belgorod Oblast. A conscript was killed while five other soldiers were injured in a separate attack in Gudovka, Bryansk Oblast.
Russia's bid to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council was rejected, with 83, or 43%, of 193 UN members states voting in favor of Russian membership.
Rheinmetall pledged 150,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.
UEFA reversed its decision to allow Russian youth teams to play in the Under-17 European Championship.
2023
October 9
President Zelenskyy dismissed Major General Ihor Tantsyura from his position as commander of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces and replaced him with Major General Anatoliy Barhylevych.
Hungary resumed imports of Ukrainian sugar following an amendment to its ban on Ukrainian agricultural products.
Two days after the Hamas invasion of Israel, Ukraine intelligence accused Russia of supplying Hamas with western-made Ukrainian weapons seized from battlefields in an attempt to discredit Ukraine and distract Western media attention.
2023
October 8
Two people were killed by Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
Finnish president Sauli Niinistö and prime minister Petteri Orpo stated that the gas pipeline Balticconnector and an adjacent communications cable, connecting Finland and Estonia, failed due to possible sabotage, prompting an investigation. Undersea telecommunications cables between Sweden and Estonia were damaged by "external force or tampering", according to Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Sweden's minister for civil defence. Bohlin said the damage was related to the damage to the gas pipeline and cables between Finland and Estonia. In response, NATO increased patrols in the Baltic Sea.
2023
October 7
One person was killed in a Russian cluster munitions attack in Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Vladimir Malov, the executive secretary of the United Russia party in Nova Kakhovka, was killed by a car bomb.
In Crimea, missile attacks were reported in Dzhankoi, Yevpatoriya and Krasnoperekopsk.
In Russia, one person was reportedly killed by Ukrainian shelling in Urazovo, Belgorod Oblast, while the Russian Defence Ministry claimed to have destroyed three Tochka-U missiles over the region and thwarted a drone attack on Moscow.
2023
October 6
Two people, including a ten-year-old child, were killed and 23 others were injured in a Russian missile strike on an apartment in Kharkiv. A separate drone attack on port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast damaged nine trucks and a granary. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 25 of 33 drones launched.
A Russian-born Ukrainian citizen and resident of Ternopil and two military recruits were reportedly detained and tortured by personnel from the local military enlistment office, leading to charges against a commander of the office's security department and another staffer.
Sweden pledged a 2.2-billion-kronor ($199.8 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include artillery ammunition, spare parts, infantry equipment, and communications equipment.
The US Commerce Department added 42 Chinese companies and seven other firms from other countries to its export control list for providing logistical support to the Russian military and defence industry.
The Supreme Court of Russian-occupied Crimea sentenced Ukrainian activist Serhiy Tsygipa, who was abducted from Kherson Oblast in 2022, to 13 years in prison for alleged "espionage" on behalf of Ukrainian authorities.
2023
October 5
59 people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and six others were injured after a store and a café hosting a wake were struck by a suspected Russian Iskander missile in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv Oblast, 30 kilometers west of Kupiansk. Three people were killed in separate attacks in Kherson and Sumy Oblast.
In Russia, one person was reportedly injured by a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack in Rylsk, Kursk Oblast, while power outages were reported in the region following drone strikes on infrastructure facilities in three districts.
CBS, citing US officials, reported that North Korea had begun delivering artillery to Russia for its war effort in Ukraine.
The NGO Save Ukraine said it had rescued 19 Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories.
During the third European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain, which president Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended, Spain pledged six Hawk air defense systems to Ukraine, while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged another Patriot air defense system. The United Kingdom also pledged a humanitarian aid package that included a loan guarantee of 500 million pounds ($600 million) disbursed through the World Bank to ensure winter support payments to three million households, $41 million to the United Nations and charities supplying Ukrainians with shelter and warm winter clothing, and $12 million to sustain electricity supplies.
2023
October 4
Ukrainian military intelligence announced that special forces had landed in Crimea and engaged in combat with Russian forces, resulting in losses on both sides before retreating as part of a scheduled operation.
Russia claimed to have shot down 31 drones during an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on its western border regions. An S-400 Triumph air defense system near Belgorod was reportedly hit by SBU drones.
The SBU arrested three people, including a Russian citizen, on suspicion of spying on the Ukrainian military and aiding airstrikes on behalf of Russian military intelligence in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr Oblasts.
Lithuania opened a corridor for Ukrainian grain to reach Baltic ports, with Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi adding that Ukrainian agricultural exports heading for Klaipeda would be checked directly at the port instead of at the Polish border to speed up movement.
A court in Moscow sentenced journalist Marina Ovsyannikova in absentia to eight-and-a-half years in a penal colony and imposed a ban on her engaging in electronic activities for four years for allegedly discrediting the Russian military in relation to her on-air criticism of the war on the main evening news program Vremya in 2022.
Ukraine announced plans to build the world's first underground school in Kharkiv due to its proximity from the Russian border.
US officials announced that "thousands" of Iranian-made weapons and 1.1 million 7.62 mm rounds seized by the US Central Command were to be transferred to Ukraine.
2023
October 3
One person was killed by a Russian airstrike in the Antonivka suburb of Kherson.
President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian military positions on the Kupiansk-Lyman front in Kharkiv Oblast.
In Russia, a drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast, while Russia accused Ukraine of hitting several homes in Klimovo with cluster munitions.
The Russian Investigative Committee charged four Ukrainian military officials with terrorism, namely military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa, and commander of the 383rd separate regiment of remotely controlled aircraft, Serhii Burdeniuk, for their role in attacks on Russian and Crimean soil blamed on Ukraine.
The NACP placed the China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on its list of international sponsors of the war in Ukraine for continuing to invest in Russian energy projects and buying Russian oil and gas.
The Pentagon announced that it was ready to send a small number of cluster munition-armed ATACMS with a range of "300 kilometers (190 miles)" to Ukraine pending approval by President Joe Biden.
2023
October 2
A police officer was killed by Russian shelling of a transport company in Kherson.
Foreign ministers of all 27 member states of the EU gathered in Kyiv for the first such meeting of its kind outside the bloc's territory.
Germany delivered an aid package to Ukraine that included over 32,000 rounds of 40-mm ammunition, dozens of all-terrain and border protection vehicles, radio equipment for Leopard tanks, almost 100 Satcom terminals, over 1,000 infusion kits, a Beaver bridge-laying tank, and two Wisent 1 mine-clearing tanks.
2023
October 1
One person was killed by shelling in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
The Russian-appointed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, claimed that two warehouses were damaged by debris from intercepted Ukrainian missiles in Dzhankoi.
The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi was relieved from his post as field commander in Bakhmut for conducting "unprepared and unsupported" counterattacks near Andriivka and Klishchiivka.
Several warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, including its flagship Admiral Makarov, the frigate Admiral Essen, three submarines, five large landing ships and several small missile cruisers were reportedly evacuated to Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai following a series of Ukrainian attacks on naval installations in Crimea.
In Russia, Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Adler airbase in Sochi and an aircraft factory operated by the state-run Tactical Missile Armament corporation in Smolensk. Three people were reportedly wounded by Ukrainian shelling at a market in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast.
2023
September 30
Ukrainian officials claimed to have shot down thirty out of forty Russian drones. Twenty were aimed at central Ukraine and some "broke through" Ukrainian defences to strike Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, starting a "powerful fire". Romania also claimed that radar detected an "unauthorised" entry into its airspace towards Galați.
The Ukrainian Navy announced that it had conducted a successful operation to extract two airborne assault operators who were trapped and forced into hiding in Russian-occupied territory for more than one and a half years after being injured. The operation was conducted by the navy's Angels special forces unit, while an airborne assault detachment provided covering fire during the extraction. Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a Russian soldier it had recruited in July had defected to Ukraine after convincing 11 other Russian soldiers to defect as well.
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement of Pogar, Bryansk Oblast, reportedly caused a power outage in the area.
President Zelenskyy held a forum for 250 Western arms manufacturers from 30 countries in Kyiv as part of efforts to increase domestic weapons production and manufacture more Western weapons. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claimed that 20 agreements between Ukraine and Western companies were signed.
An Estonian volunteer for the International Legion in Ukraine was killed in a drone strike on Lyman, Donetsk Oblast.
2023
September 29
A Russian S-300 missile reportedly shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet over Tokmak, killing the pilot.
Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian drones dropped explosives on an electrical substation in the village of Belaya in Kursk Oblast, cutting power to five settlements. A dozen other drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod, Kursk and Kaluga Oblasts. A radar station near Giryi, Kursk Oblast was reportedly destroyed by a drone.
Ukrainian war photographer Volodymyr Myroniuk was announced to have been killed while filming in Kurdiumivka on the Donetsk front.
President Putin appointed former Wagner Group commander and retired colonel Andrei Troshev (nom de guerre Sedoi) to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine.
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that it would subject residents of occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to conscription for the first time since their unrecognized annexation by Russia in 2022. The ministry also said that it was expecting to enlist 130,000 personnel across the country in the fall.
Ukrainian National Police recovered an undisclosed number of TOR missiles from a house in Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast. The missiles were believed to have been abandoned by Russian forces following their withdrawal from the area in the spring of 2022 and were believed to be worth "about 30 million hryvnias (about $811,000)" each.
The UK imposed sanctions on the Russian Central Election Commission, its secretary Natalya Budarina, and regional commissioner for Kherson Marina Zakharova for staging local elections in occupied areas of Ukraine.
Russia avoided a full ban from the 2024 Paralympics in Paris after the International Paralympic Committee voted 74–65 with 13 abstentions against suspending its membership "for breaches of its constitutional membership obligations." However, Russian athletes were only allowed to compete under a neutral flag. The body also voted against a full ban on participation by Belarus.
Bulgaria imposed a ban on the importation of Ukrainian sunflower products into the country that would last until the end of November 2023.
2023
September 28
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson, while three others were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia claimed to have repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group in border areas of Belgorod Oblast.
A massive Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack struck the Russian airline booking system Leonardo, preventing users from accessing booking services and online and airport check-ins and causing flight delays. Ukrainian Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov later confirmed that Ukrainian hackers were responsible for the cyberattack.
The German Federal Cartel Office approved a joint venture between Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian Defense Industry to open a maintenance facility for military vehicles in Kyiv.
The EU extended the temporary protection status it granted to Ukrainian refugees to 2025.
2023
September 27
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts.
The Ukrainian military reported that around 500 Wagner Group fighters returned to fight in Donetsk Oblast as part of the group's redeployment in Ukraine for the first time since its failed rebellion against the Russian military establishment in June.
The SBU arrested two residents of Kyiv on suspicion of passing information to Russian intelligence to use in airstrikes against the capital.
Ukraine announced that it would boycott UEFA football matches involving Russian teams after the body decided to lift the ban on Russian youth teams that had been imposed following the invasion. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, England, Northern Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden also announced that it would join Ukraine in its boycott.
Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren said that F-16s would arrive in Ukraine in 2024, with training of pilots and ground crew taking approximately 6–8 months. The Bulgarian parliament approved the delivery of unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine.
Ukraine relocated the production of an unspecified missile system to another country due to ongoing Russian attacks on its plant.
2023
September 26
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Izmail, injuring two people and damaging port infrastructure. One person was killed in a separate attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Russia filed an application to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council after it was expelled in April 2022 for invading Ukraine.
The SBU arrested a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Kherson Oblast for hiding, possessing and attempting to sell two weapons caches left behind by retreating Russian forces in 2022.
2023
September 25
Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, damaging port infrastructure and a disused hotel and killing two people in a strike on a grain warehouse. Several buildings in the historic centre, including the Vorontsov Palace and eight buildings on Prymorskyi Boulevard, where also damaged, while missile debris was later found in Chițcani, across the border in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. Though similar cases had happened before in government-controlled regions of Moldova, this was the first time it happened in Transnistria. Three people were killed in a separate airstrike in Beryslav, Kherson Oblast, while three others were killed by an artillery strike in Kherson city.
Another air attack was reported in Sevastopol, with a missile reportedly shot down over Belbek airbase. A Russian ammunition dump in Sorokyne, Luhansk Oblast, was destroyed in a suspected Ukrainian attack.
President Zelenskyy announced the arrival of the first batch out of a total of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the United States to Ukraine, without specifying its number, although Politico reported the number to be ten. More tanks were expected to be sent "during the fall."
The Russian Interior Ministry put the Chairman of the International Criminal Court Piotr Hofmański, his deputy Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, and Judge Bertram Schmitt, on its list of wanted persons in response to the ICC's arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin and children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.
The United States announced sanctions against 16 Russian and Chinese companies for supplying drone technology components to Russia.
2023
September 24
Two people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kherson Oblast.
In Russia, the governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that a government building was damaged by a Ukrainian drone in Kursk city. Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a drone strike on the Khalino air field in the same region killed or wounded the commander and other officers of the Russian 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. Another drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast.
2023
September 23
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed that another missile attack on the city occurred, with debris landing near the pier. Explosions were also reported in Vilne, in northern Crimea. The Ukrainians claimed that nine people were killed and 16 others were wounded in the strike.
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kherson, Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.
2023
September 22
The headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was reportedly struck and destroyed by a Ukrainian missile. One serviceman was reported missing by Russian authorities, while Ukrainian military officials claimed 34 officers, including fleet commander Admiral Viktor Sokolov, were killed and 105 servicemen injured, including two generals and "the top management of the fleet". However, Russia released a video appearing to show Sokolov alive on 26 September. Ukrainian sources said that Storm Shadow missiles were used, Russian sources claimed that seven missiles, including one Neptune missile, were used, with air defences shooting down five missiles. Russian officials also reported a "large-scale cyberattack" in occupied Crimea.
One person was killed and 55 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk. Another person was killed by shelling in Kherson.
Ukraine and the United States announced a program to manufacture "air defence systems" in Ukraine.
During President Zelenskyy's visit to Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 650 million Canadian dollars ($480 million) in military aid for Ukraine that included 50 armored vehicles and training on F-16 fighter jets. The Canadian government also imposed sanctions on 63 Russian individuals and entities for their role in the invasion and the deportation of Ukrainian children. Among those sanctioned were Russian Labour Minister Anton Kotyakov, advisor to the Commissioner for Children's' Rights Alexey Petrov, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and its director Anatoly Torkunov, the Higher School of Economics, the publications Vzglyad and Komsomolskaya Pravda, and several youth organizations.
2023
September 21
Russia launched a series of missile attacks across Ukraine. In Kyiv, falling debris set a residential building on fire and hospitalised two, including a child. In Cherkasy, falling debris damaged a hotel and injured several people. Other explosions were reported in Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. More than 20 people were reportedly injured in the attacks, which was also the first strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in six months. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 36 of 43 missiles launched. Seven people were killed and 11 others were injured in separate attacks in Kherson Oblast.
The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed 30 Russian servicemen and damaged military equipment in an air attack on Saky air base in Crimea. Ukrainian Stryker and Marder infantry fighting vehicles were reportedly seen on the Surovikin Line near Verbove for the first time, indicating that the main Russian line of defence had been breached.
Russia claimed to have shot down 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea and in Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol Oblasts.
Sweden delivered ten Stridsvagn 122 tanks to Ukraine, while Germany delivered 17 SatCom terminals, an antenna hub station, four 8x8 HX81 truck tractor trains, four semi-trailers, 12 Zetros trucks, and spare parts for WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks as part of a military aid package to Ukraine. The United States pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $325 million that would include air defense and cluster munitions.
Ukraine reached an agreement with Slovakia for a grain licensing system that would see the dropping of Kyiv's lawsuit against the country over its ban on grain imports and the end of Slovakian bans on Ukrainian agricultural products.
2023
September 20
An oil refinery in Kremenchuk was set on fire following a Russian drone attack, while a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 was struck by a Lancet drone at Dolgintsevo air base near Kryvyi Rih. Four people were killed by shelling in Toretsk and in the adjacent settlement of Pivnichne in Donetsk Oblast. A car carrying two Swedish journalists was attacked by a drone in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring their Ukrainian officer and two police escorts.
The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed Russian forces stopped two attacks on the city which involved Ukrainian naval drones and missiles, respectively. Ukraine claimed to have struck a command post of the Black Sea Fleet near Belbek air base.
In Russia, a fuel storage tank caught fire near Sochi airport following a suspected drone attack.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that the country would no longer supply Ukraine with weapons in response to disputes over the flow of agricultural products between the two countries. The Polish government later clarified that it would continue to honor preexisting agreements to deliver weapons to Ukraine.
2023
September 19
Russia launched an early morning drone attack on Lviv, killing one person, injuring another and setting fire to a warehouse. Two people, including a police sergeant, were killed in a separate attack on a trolleybus in Kherson. Six people were killed in an airstrike in Kupiansk.
Russia claimed two drones were shot down over Belgorod and Oryol Oblasts.
The Ukrainian government said that the cargo ship Resilient Africa left Chornomorsk after loading grain and was now heading to Istanbul. It also announced that it would ban the import of Polish fruits and vegetables into the country in retaliation for Warsaw's continued ban on Ukrainian grain.
Belarusian state media reported the arrival in the country of 48 children taken from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as part of what it called a "holiday" organized by a charity supported by President Lukashenko.
Denmark pledged 15 T-72EA tanks and 30 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.
