History: April 2024
16 articles
Retrospective · events of 3 April 2024
Two strikes that showed war's widening reach
Opinion
A look back at 2 April 2024, when missiles hit Dnipro and Ukrainian airstrikes reached deep into Russian territory.
Retrospective · events of 3 April 2024
Two decisions that shaped Europe's borders and sanctions
World
A look back at the Schengen partial accession and the Russian veto on North Korea sanctions monitoring, both reported in the days before 3 April 2024.
Retrospective · events of 4 April 2024
Rescuers among the dead as Shahed drones hit Kharkiv
Opinion
A look back at a day of drone attacks on Kharkiv and reports of casualties on both sides of the front line.
Retrospective · events of 8 April 2024
What did Belarus's CFE suspension signal?
Politics
A look back at Minsk's announcement that it would suspend its role in a Cold War-era arms control treaty.
Retrospective · events of 8 April 2024
What the front looked like on 8 April 2024
Security
A retrospective on a day of fighting at Chasiv Yar, civilian deaths in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a claimed strike near Kaliningrad.
Retrospective · events of 8 April 2024
Chasiv Yar described as "difficult" and "tense" amid heavy fighting
Security
A retrospective on a day of shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, fighting near Chasiv Yar and a claimed Ukrainian strike far from the front.
Retrospective · events of 11 April 2024
Odesa strike and a tense front, April 2024
Security
A retrospective on 10 April 2024, when a missile strike on Odesa killed four people, set against fighting around Chasiv Yar and shelling elsewhere.
Retrospective · events of 18 April 2024
Chernihiv mourns 18 dead after missile strike on eight-storey building
Opinion
A look back at a day when arrests in Germany sat beside the aftermath of a deadly strike on Chernihiv and a new draft law.
Retrospective · events of 18 April 2024
Sabotage arrests and grief: 18 April 2024
Opinion
A retrospective on a day when arrests in Germany sat alongside the aftermath of the Chernihiv strike and a new draft law in Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 22 April 2024
What did Britain's £500m pledge include?
Security
The UK's announcement of vehicles, boats, missiles and ammunition came the same day a strike disrupted television signals in Kharkiv.
Retrospective · events of 24 April 2024
Stalled bill becomes $61 billion US equipment package for Ukraine
Opinion
A look back at how the US package, following a British pledge two days earlier, shaped Ukraine's military outlook.
Retrospective · events of 26 April 2024
Kyiv's land case and Moscow's warning on Poland
Politics
A look back at a court order against Ukraine's agriculture minister and a Russian threat over NATO weapons in Poland.
Retrospective · events of 26 April 2024
Arrest order for Solskyi lands in week of US aid
Opinion
A court arrest order for the agriculture minister arrived as US aid and Russian nuclear warnings framed the week.
Retrospective · events of 28 April 2024
Drones and missiles trade blows across the front
Security
A look back at the exchange of strikes reported on the weekend of 27–28 April 2024, targeting energy sites on both sides.
Retrospective · events of 29 April 2024
What happened to Ukraine's agriculture minister in April 2024?
Politics
A look back at two political developments reported in the days before 29 April 2024: a court-ordered arrest in Kyiv's government and a warning from Moscow about Poland.
Retrospective · events of 30 April 2024
What did the final days of April 2024 bring?
Security
Missile strikes, drone raids and a large aid package framed the end of April 2024 in the war in Ukraine.