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What did the final days of April 2024 bring?
Summary
Missile strikes, drone raids and a large aid package framed the end of April 2024 in the war in Ukraine.
What was the security picture as 30 April 2024 arrived? Reports from the preceding days describe a war fought on several fronts at once: strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy sites, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia, and a major decision on Western military aid.
Strikes on Odesa and energy sites
On 29 April 2024, a Russian missile strike on Odesa killed four people and injured 28 others. Ukraine said Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead in the attack.
Two days earlier, on 27 April, Russian missiles hit Ukrainian power plants and natural gas storage facilities in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts.
Ukraine's drone attacks in Russia
Also on 27 April, Ukraine said it had used drones to attack two oil refineries and an airfield in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Aid and nuclear warnings
On 24 April 2024, the United States announced a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine. It formed part of a bill that had been approved after stalling in the US Congress for months. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defence systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles.
On 25 April, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that Russia would make NATO nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they were deployed there.
Taken together, the reports show the situation as it stood on 30 April 2024: Russian missile fire continued to hit both a port city and energy infrastructure across western and central Ukraine, Ukraine was striking energy and military targets on Russian territory, and newly announced US aid was set to supply air defence and artillery ammunition, while Moscow was issuing nuclear-tinged warnings about NATO's posture.
