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Stay on top of Russia-Ukraine war 04-07-2025 developments on the ground with KyivPost fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated war maps.
Russian media claims that many Ukrainians who took refuge in Poland after Russia’s full-scale invasion are now “stranded” as their passports expire.
Fraudsters in Poland are reportedly offering to extend expiring Ukrainian passports as their expiration dates approach for military-age Ukrainian men.
After Ukraine revised its mobilization laws in the summer of 2024, consular services have since been restricted for Ukrainians abroad who are liable for military service but not registered with the military, requiring them to return home to renew their passports.
Since Moscow’s 2022 Ukraine invasion, the pope has donated three ambulances, a hospital van and ultrasound machines for hospitals targeted by military strikes.
Pope Francis is donating four ambulances to Ukraine to be used on the front lines of the war with Russia, the Vatican said Monday.
Since Moscow invaded its neighbor in February 2022, the pope has donated three ambulances, a hospital van and ultrasound machines for hospitals targeted by military strikes, as well as generators, food and medicine.
Across the US, millions took to the streets in a backlash against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and the rapid implementation of Project 2025 plans to tear down the US government.
Over the weekend in the United States, millions of Americans from both the Democratic and Republican parties took to the streets in all 50 states for the “Hands Off!” protests against the Trump administration and his deputized billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday – many from strong Trump-supporting voting districts.
European and Ukrainian press widely reported as several thousand protesters hit the streets in cities including Washington, DC, New York City and Boston. Estimates by the organizers of the nationally coordinated events put the total number of protesters attending the events on Saturday, April 5, at around 5 million people in over 1,400 locations, including all 50 state capitals.
News bonds from the Finance Ministry, prices of Ukrainian Eurobonds plunged again, new data on 2024 real GDP, and NBU strengthening the hryvnia to a new record. Weekly Insight for April 7.
The Ministry of Finance modified the supply structure of UAH bonds last week, offering banks a new reserve bond and replacing a two-year military bill with a regular two-year paper.
At the primary bond auction, the MoF offered three UAH bonds: a 15-month military bill that the MoF has been selling since January, a two-year regular bond that was offered only once in February, and a new three-year reserve note.
A Ukrainian institution has recorded an uptick in cyberattacks targeting “Ukrainian institutions involved in the development of innovations in the military sector” since February.
Ukraine has cautioned heightened cyberattacks directly toward its military institutions, particularly the branches that work with developing new technology for the military.
The attacks were often carried out via infected Excel attachments disguised as official documents, according to a Monday Facebook update by the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.
The arrest of Imamoglu may have repercussions, but never underestimate Erdogan
I spent the last few days in Istanbul and Ankara meeting with journalists, analysts, diplomats, business leaders, policymakers, friends, and contacts.
Center stage in discussions was obviously events around the arrest on allegations of corruption of Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, and the protests that sprung up in Istanbul and across Turkey in response
An unexploded parcel intercepted in Poland has offered insights into a suspected Europe-wide Russian bombing campaign, according to a Polish investigation.
Russian intelligence has reportedly disguised homemade explosive devices by packing them alongside sex toys to facilitate a planned series of bombings across Europe.
Western intelligence agencies have accused Moscow of attempting to send bombs in parcels to various locations in Europe, including the UK, Germany and Poland after several parcels caught fire while in transit warehouses last summer.
Fundamental price pressure stays sustainable, but NBU reported positive business sentiment and gradual slowdown in wages in its latest monetary report – Kyiv Post summarized key thoughts.
Positive business sentiment in Ukraine outweighed negative for the first time in 11 months, despite a sustainable increase in inflation to 13.4% in February 2025.
Preparations for the spring sowing campaign and defense needs in March contributed to a revival of industrial activity, according to Ukraine’s central bank, the National Bank of Ukraine’s (NBU) macroeconomic and monetary review for March 2025.
The rebel commander, Inkinane Ag Attaher has regularly displayed his support for Ukraine
A commander of a separatist rebel coalition operating in Mali’s volatile north was arrested in Niger last week, local security sources told AFP on Monday.
The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) was created late last year in a merger of several predominantly Tuareg groups seeking to seize territory in northern Mali.
Operators from Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces deployed FPV drones to target a Buk-M2 launcher and strike two Buk-M3 SAM radar systems.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces put three Russian Buk air defense systems out of action in Russia’s Kursk region within just 12 hours. They released footage of the strikes on Telegram on Monday, April 7
The video captures the moment drones hit the air defense systems, followed by powerful explosions, although Kyiv Post could not independently verify the location or timing of the footage.
A Trump official said tariffs were imposed on remote islands to prevent loopholes, but the claim remains questionable since penguins appear incapable of the “operations” needed to bypass the tariffs.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said US President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed on uninhabited regions, including those occupied only by penguins, are meant to prevent companies from bypassing the tariffs.
Lutnick’s comments followed Trump’s so-called Liberation Day, where he imposed a minimum 10% tariff on most countries in the world, including Australia’s uninhabited, penguin-filled Heard and McDonald Islands – whose last recorded human visit was nearly a decade ago.
For the first time, an Indian-made chip was found in Russian weapons, alongside Chinese and North Korean parts – proof of Moscow’s shifting supply chains to bypass sanctions.
For the first time, a component made in India has been discovered in Russian weaponry, indicating efforts to bypass international sanctions.
New supplies of components from China and North Korea also point to a shift in Russia’s supply chains, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) reported on Monday, April 7.
Ukrainian police investigators have identified a member of Chechnya’s “Akhmat” special forces unit, who abducted and raped two young girls during the Russian occupation of the Mykolaiv region.
Sources within Ukraine’s National Police told Kyiv Post that its investigators have identified a member of the Chechen “Akhmat” special forces unit, responsible for the 2022 abduction and rape of two minors, during the Russian occupation of the town of Snihurivka in the Mykolaiv region.
The town with a population of around 10,000 is located at a key intersection between the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions for which it became a major target for Russian forces during their early March 2022 offensive.
The Trump administration on Friday said it accidentally told some Ukrainian refugees they needed to leave the US immediately because their legal status was being revoked.
Stock markets have plunged in Asia, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to send shockwaves around the world. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is down 9.8% with Hong-Kong listed shares of UK banks HSBC and Standard Charted also plunging. Earlier, US futures were sharply down, indicating that Wall Street shares will fall when US markets open. Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, has defended his tariff policy, saying “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something” -BBC
In Japan, the bellwether Nikkei Stock Average nosedived 8.8% to 30,792.74 - hitting the lowest intraday level since October 2023. It sank around 23% since its January peak. The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index dropped as low as 2,243.21, losing 9.6% - Nikkei Asia
A Donald J. Trump deal about no one shooting in the Black Sea basin went belly-up on Sunday with a thumping Russian navy salvo of cruise missiles that pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Russian warships on Sunday mocked a ceasefire claimed by the White House to be in effect between Kyiv and Moscow and covering the entirety of the Black Sea, with the massed launch of naval cruise missiles at the Ukrainian capital and other civilian targets.
Ukrainian air watch networks first reported a probable incoming Russian long-range bombardment attack at shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday, and missiles in the air and approaching half an hour later. Attempted and successful intercepts by Ukrainian air defense units began at 4:30 a.m. and all-clear was called by 7 a.m.
Trump in March said that he was “pissed off” with Putin, and on Sunday told reporters: “We’d like them to stop. I don’t like the bombing. The bombing goes on and on.”
The Kremlin on Monday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many “questions” about how it would work, pushing back at US and European suggestions that it was playing for time.
US President Donald Trump has voiced growing frustration at the lack of progress towards a ceasefire in the three-year-long conflict, despite his administration holding talks with both Ukrainian and Russian officials.
The report by Russia’s 38th Research Institute of Armored Vehicles released of its analysis of the vehicle captured in Ukraine was “leaked” on Telegram over the weekend.
The military issues websites BulgarianMilitary.com and the Ukraine-based GaGadget.com gave details of a Russian report into a captured US Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).
The document titled: “Results of Research Tests of the BMP ‘Bradley’ M2A2 ODS SA” was leaked on the “BTVT.info: Tanks - History and modern times” Telegram channel on Sunday April 6.
Ukraine to send a delegation to Washington next week to renegotiate a draft deal on access to its critical minerals – after Kyiv warned it won’t hand over control of its resources to the White House.
Ukraine will send a delegation to Washington next week to negotiate a new draft deal granting US business interests access to its critical mineral resources, according to Economic Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.
“The new draft agreement from the US shows that the intention to create a fund or jointly invest remains,” Svyrydenko said during a trip to northern Ukraine on Saturday, as quoted by AP.
The Czech government has expelled a Prague-based Belarusian journalist, accusing her of being “a key collaborator of the Russian military intelligence service.”
Natalia Sudlianková, a long-established journalist who has worked with prominent networks such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was added to a list of sanctioned individuals this week.
A Russian man named Alexey Shavrov, allegedly Sudlianková’s commanding officer, was also listed.
The US excluded Russia from new tariffs because of ongoing peace talks with Ukraine, according to the White House – but Ukraine still faces a 10% duty on exports to the US.
The United States imposed sky-high tariffs on most countries in the world last week, with some notable exceptions, including Russia – due to ongoing negotiations with Moscow over ending the war in Ukraine, according to the Director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett.
Hassett explained that Russia was excluded from the list of countries facing new tariffs because peace talks with Ukraine are still underway, and new trade disputes could jeopardize those talks.
Ukrainians grow doubtful of US pressure on Russia, says Kyiv Post’s Korshak - but military aid, not negotiations, remains key to ending the war.
Mark Burns, Trump’s spiritual advisor, visited the site of Russia’s deadly April 4 strike where he urged the world to condemn the terror and stand with Ukraine.
Pastor Mark Burns, spiritual advisor to US President Donald Trump, visited the site of the Russian April 4 missile strike on Kryvyi Rih - President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown - which killed 20 people, including nine children.
“A Russian missile struck Kryvyi Rih, killing 16, including 6 children. A tragic loss of innocent lives. The world must condemn this brutality and stand with Ukraine against such terror.” Burns wrote on X on Sunday, April 6.
President. Trump may have pushed his “mineral deal” in a somewhat heavy-handed manner, but, with some modifications, it could be a good deal for both nations.
When President Volodymyr Zelensky offered President Donald Trump priority access to Ukraine’s mineral resources, he hoped to get security guarantees in return. Instead, the two signed off on a “Bilateral Agreement Establishing the Terms and Conditions for a Reconstruction Investment Fund.” Its full two-page text has recently been published in the media. However, it merely establishes the general framework and the intent to negotiate a “Fund Agreement.” It is that agreement that is to contain all the relevant financial and operational details of what is commonly known as the “mineral deal.”
Faced with the difficult choice between immediate termination of US military support and agreeing to enter a yet-to-be-negotiated future agreement, Zelensky made the right decision by opting for the agreement. Immediately afterward, Trump’s rhetoric regarding Zelensky shifted, and military supplies and intelligence support were resumed. The conditions Zelensky faced in making such a decision were as dire for Ukraine as the economic pressure it faced when it agreed to exchange its nuclear deterrence for US and UK “assurances.” The legal term for such agreements is “made under duress.”
One of Russia’s greatest athletes just broke a longstanding record. As an avowed Putin supporter, it is impossible to separate Ovechkin’s accomplishment for his support of a genocidal dictator.
As a patriotic second-generation Ukrainian and a diehard hockey fanatic, I can neither value, nor respect, nor be amazed at Alexander Ovechkin’s achievements on the ice as the 39-year-old breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894 goals, a record considered untouchable for the longest time.
For me, it is absolutely impossible to differentiate between Ovechkin the hockey player and Ovechkin the political ambassador. I cannot and will not celebrate the Alexander Ovechkin, who for over 10 years has publicly positioned himself as a firm supporter of the genocidal Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, and his policies – even advocating a movement on his behalf in 2017.
Hungary quits ICC during Netanyahu’s visit to Budapest — a move welcomed by the Israeli PM, who faces an ICC arrest warrant. European commentators weigh in on the decision.
The Hungarian government has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a move that coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Budapest. At a press conference with the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Netanyahu, who has been subject to an arrest warrant issued by the ICC since last year, welcomed the decision. European commentators analyse the situation.
Orbán no longer belongs in the EU
The French president called for an immediate ceasefire, saying Russia mocks US and Ukrainian peace efforts by continuing to kill civilians, including children.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an immediate end to hostilities in Ukraine. He stressed that Russia’s ongoing missile, aerial bomb and drone campaign mocks and undermines all calls for peace talks. Macron spoke in response to Russia’s strike on Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, on April 4, which killed 20 people, including nine children.
Macron informed his followers that during the night of April 6 Russia had once again launched massive air attacks on Ukrainian cities.
The Commission’s “temporary” solution has run out of time.
Millions of Ukrainian refugees in the EU could see their legal status thrown into jeopardy, with no clear plan to allow them to stay after a ceasefire with Russia.
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) has been a legal lifeline for nearly 4.3 million Ukrainians.
US Ambassador Brink now directly blames Russia for Kryvyi Rih missile strike after backlash over weak initial response that avoided naming Russia specifically.
US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has once again responded to the tragedy in Kryvyi Rih, this time directly blaming Russia for the deadly missile strike.
In a post on X, she wrote:
The event was held under the slogan “We stand for American values, we support Ukraine.”
Representatives from U.S. civil society organizations, activists, and ordinary citizens who support Ukraine gathered on Sunday for a mass rally near the Lincoln Memorial downtown Washington DC.
The event was held under the slogan “We stand for American values, we support Ukraine,” an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Military and intelligence chiefs believe they were planted to gather intelligence on the UK’s four submarines that carry nuclear missiles.
The UK military has found Russian sensors in seas around the country that it believes were attempting to spy on its nuclear submarines, the Sunday Times reported.
The Royal Navy found some devices planted on the sea bed while several washed ashore, the newspaper reported.
Estonian FM added that a possible attempt to strip Hungary of its voting rights in the EU “is getting closer and closer”.
Hungary’s government is “on Putin’s team” when it comes to attitudes to the war in Ukraine, according to Estonia’s foreign minister.
While most EU countries have offered resolute backing to the war-torn eastern nation, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has regularly condemned the bloc’s financial support for Kyiv and attempted to block sanctions on Russia.
The institution has also set a goal to reach a total volume of $3.3 billion in direct financing of its energy program portfolio.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims to invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) into its energy programs in 2025, promising to reach a total volume of €3 billion ($3.3 billion) in direct financing by the end of this year.
EBRD has already deployed €6.5 billion ($7.2 billion) in Ukraine across roughly 150 projects, according to Vice President Matteo Patrone. “Energy is going to remain an extremely important priority,” he said in a meeting with reporters in Kyiv on Thursday.
Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.
Key Takeaways from the ISW:
As Putin scoffs at Trump’s ceasefire proposal, the number of dead from a Russian strike in Zelensky’s hometown continues to climb, amid visit from Trump’s pastor. Three injured in Kherson.
The number of people killed in the Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih has increased to 20 after a 57-year-old man died in a hospital, the head of the city’s Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, the death toll from Russia’s terrorist attack on 4 April has risen to 20,” he wrote. “A 57-year-old man has died in hospital from multiple injuries. Doctors worked around the clock doing everything possible and impossible, but the injuries were fatal.”
Zelensky said “the number of Russian air attacks is increasing,” which he said proved that “the pressure on Russia is still insufficient.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia’s refusal to agree to “a full, unconditional ceasefire” as two people were killed in Moscow’s latest aerial bombardment.
Russia mounted a “massive” missile and drone attack on Ukraine that also wounded seven people, Zelensky said, warning that Moscow was stepping up its aerial attacks.
