12 January 2024United Kingdom Security AgreementVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Signs a long-term security cooperation agreement with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Historical records for Ukraine in 2024, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Signs a long-term security cooperation agreement with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Appointed commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces
Zelenskyy appoints Syrskyi commander in chief.
Leaves the commander in chief role after leading wartime defense.
Replaces Valerii Zaluzhnyi with Oleksandr Syrskyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Promises to preserve soldiers' lives after taking command.
Concludes a ten-year accord with Emmanuel Macron providing sustained military, political, financial and humanitarian cooperation.
Agrees with Olaf Scholz on ten years of defense support, emergency consultations and cooperation toward Euro-Atlantic integration.
Orders Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Avdiivka
Orders Ukrainian withdrawal from Avdiivka to avoid encirclement.
Appeals for faster weapons deliveries and advances Ukraine's case for NATO membership.
Establishes a long-term strategic security partnership with Justin Trudeau covering defense, resilience and reconstruction support.
Concludes a ten-year pact with Giorgia Meloni covering military assistance, reconstruction and consultations after future aggression.
Attends the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit and seeks regional support for defense and the peace formula.
Meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discusses defense, shipping and possible peace diplomacy.
Reports major Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
Signs legislation intended to strengthen mobilization for Ukraine's armed forces.
Reports casualties from Russian strikes on Kharkiv.
Formalizes Spanish military and reconstruction support with Pedro Sanchez during a visit to Madrid.
Secures Belgian long-term defense assistance with Alexander De Croo, including cooperation on combat aviation capabilities.
Agrees with Luis Montenegro on sustained military cooperation, reconstruction support and Ukraine's European integration.
Formalizes long-term Swedish assistance with Ulf Kristersson, strengthening weapons support, training and defense-industrial cooperation.
Signs an accord with Fumio Kishida covering security assistance, sanctions coordination, recovery and reconstruction.
Signs a bilateral security agreement with United States President Joe Biden.
Attends the Switzerland peace summit and urges international backing for Ukraine's peace formula.
Is appointed to replace Yurii Sodol.
Is dismissed after criticism of battlefield command.
Welcomes the formal opening of Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European Union.
Leads National Guard forces during the war.
Participates in the NATO summit and presses allies for air defense, weapons and an irreversible membership path.
Ukraine receives its first F-16 fighter aircraft.
Ukrainian forces launch a cross-border operation into Russia's Kursk region
Ukrainian forces launch a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
Orders evacuations after intensified cross-border fighting.
Says Ukrainian forces control about one thousand square kilometres in Russia's Kursk region.
Killed in the crash of a Ukrainian F-16 during air defense operations
Presents a five-point Victory Plan to the Verkhovna Rada.
Warns partners about North Korean support for Russia.
Says North Korean troops are involved with Russian forces in the Kursk region
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