17 April 2024

April 2024 in brief

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said a missile strike on central Chernihiv killed 18 people and injured 78, and Odesa city council said a cluster-armed missile strike on Odesa killed seven. ^[1][2] Russian strikes on the power system continued, destroying the Trypilska thermal power plant, the main supplier to Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy oblasts, and seriously damaging four DTEK plants later in the month; Zelensky said Ukraine had run out of air defence missiles to protect Trypilska. ^[1][2] The IAEA confirmed at least three direct drone strikes on reactor containment structures at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, without saying who launched them, and Ukraine's military intelligence denied involvement. ^[1] A missile snapped Kharkiv's television tower, WHO recorded attacks on health facilities in Kharkiv, and drones struck an industrial zone and refinery in Tatarstan more than 1,200 km from Ukraine. ^[1][2][3] Zelensky signed a new mobilisation law after lowering the draft age from 27 to 25, and after months of delay the US Congress passed and President Biden signed about 61 billion dollars in aid for Ukraine. ^[1][2] In Europe, the Leiden dataset recorded arrests in Germany over alleged spying on US bases and sabotage plans, and in Poland over an alleged plot to assassinate Zelensky. ^[1][2]

Written from the records it cites; every figure appears in a cited record.