Russia's war on Ukraine. 07.04.25
Operational situation
On the Kursk direction, Russian forces advanced northeast of Guevo and south of Basivka and are attempting to advance toward Yunakivka.
On the Belgorod direction, fighting continued near Demidovka and Popovka.
On the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces attacked near Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces advanced on the southern outskirts of Kamyanka and continued assaults near Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Novoyehorivka, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Zahryzove, and Nadiia.
Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced west of Makiivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian forces attempted to advance west of Novolyubivka and continued assaults near Nove, Kolodyazi, Novolyubivka, Yampolivka, Hrekivka, Novomykhailivka, and Zelena Dolyna.
On the Siversk direction, Russian forces attacked near Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, and Verkhnyokamianske.
On the Kramatorsk direction, Russian forces attacked near Chasiv Yar, Markove, Kurdyumivka, and Bila Hora.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian forces advanced along Engels Street in the north of Toretsk and attacked near Dachne, Druzhba, Dyliivka, Krymske, Valentynivka, Sukha Balka, Oleksandropil, Leonidivka, and Romanivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces advanced along Skhidna Street in the northeast of Udachne, attempted to advance north of Lysivka, advanced west and northwest of Solone near Nadiivka and Kotlyarivka, and now control 94% of Kotlyne. They attacked near Tarasivka, Yelyzavetivka, Zelenyi Hai, Shevchenkove, Kotlyarivka, Preobrazhenka, Uspenivka, Novooleksandrivka, Novoserhiyivka, and Bohdanivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kotlyne.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian forces advanced north of Andriivka and attempted to advance near Konstyantynopil, Rozlyv, and toward Bahatyr.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian forces advanced northwest of Burlatske and launched offensives near Vesele, Pryvilne, Vilne Pole, and Rivnopillya.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces attacked near Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Kamianske, Stepove, Shcherbaky, and Mali Shcherbaky.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kamianske, Shcherbaky, and Lobkove.
General conclusion:
Russian forces maintain the intensity of attacks on border villages in Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv Oblasts.
On the Toretsk direction, Russian forces have shifted the direction of their main strike to the south of Toretsk, to the area of Oleksandropil and Panteleymonivka.
Russian forces have a numerical advantage in manpower and combat equipment on the Novopavlivka direction.
Russian troops continue to face a shortage of boats on the islands in the Dnipro Delta.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 165 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Kharkiv direction, two engagements occurred in the area of Vovchansk and toward Kamyanka.
On the Kupyansk direction, eight attacks by the occupiers were recorded. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy assault actions near the settlements of Pishchane, Nova Kruhlyakivka, Bohuslavka, and Zahryzove.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 22 times, attempting to advance near Novoyehorivka, Nove, Kolodyazi, Yampolivka, Nadiia, and in the directions of Novomykhailivka, Novoserhiyivka, Torske, and Ridkodub.
On the Siversk direction, two engagements occurred near Bilohorivka. All enemy attempts to advance were successfully repelled by Ukrainian Defense Forces.
On the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 18 attacks in the areas of Dachne, Dyliivka, Toretsk, and Leonidivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 53 aggressor attacks were stopped near Sukha Balka, Kalynove, Udachne, Sribne, Yelyzavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyarivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka, Bohdanivka, Vodyane Druhe, Kotlyne, and Uspenivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled nine enemy assaults near Rozlyv, Konstyantynopil, Vesele, and Burlatske.
The enemy attacked three times in the areas of Pryvilne and Vilne Pole on the Huliaypole direction.
On the Orikhiv direction, the invaders carried out four failed attacks in the areas of Shcherbaky, Mali Shcherbaky, and Kamianske.
On the Prydniprovske direction, one failed enemy attempt was repelled on the Dnipro River.
On the Kursk direction, 35 enemy attacks were repelled. The enemy carried out 16 airstrikes.
In the Black Sea-Azov naval operational area, the enemy naval group on combat duty consists of:
Mediterranean Sea: 3 ships, including 3 cruise missile carriers; the total salvo is 26 cruise missiles.
Supporting operation:
There were no strikes.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 16th Separate SOF Brigade operates near Podillya.
The 35th and 137th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades of the 41st Combined Arms Army operate near Lysivka and Dachne; the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 2nd Combined Arms Army is engaged near Solone.
Possible operation situation developments:
The plan for the enemy's spring-summer offensive campaign in the Southwestern Theater of Operations may be as follows: a simultaneous breakthrough towards Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka from the south and southeast (from the direction of Toretsk and Vozdvyzhenka), as well as from the northeast (from the direction of Chasiv Yar), followed by an advance towards Kramatorsk from the south while simultaneously advancing towards Slovyansk with the forces of the 20th and 25th Combined Arms Armies of the "Zapad (West)" Operational Grouping through Lyman.
Russian forces may use the bridgehead northeast of Lyman for the further capture of Borova or Lyman in the coming months. The enemy may focus on advancing from Ivanivka to Kolodyazi in the general direction of Lyman or toward Nove and Katerynivka in the general direction of Borova. Russian forces will attempt to advance east and southeast of Borova to create conditions for an offensive along the Novoserhiyivka – Druzhelyubivka – Novyi Myr line, bypass Ukrainian defenses in these settlements, and advance eastward and toward Borova in the coming months.
Possible enemy courses of action on the Lyman direction may also include attempts to use the expansion of the bridgehead on the western bank of the Zherebets River near Ivanivka for the further capture of Lyman. The enemy may try to advance toward Karlivka from Nove and toward Drobysheve from Kolodyazi, attempting to reach and secure the Karlivka – Shandryholove – Drobysheve line while simultaneously intensifying the offensive near Torske and advancing on Lyman from the east.
Ukrainian Defense Forces may launch an offensive in the direction of Lyman Pershyi – Horobivka – Tavilzhanka, which, if successful, will lead to either the enemy's rapid retreat from the Dvorichna bridgehead or its encirclement there. Such a development would result in the loss of combat capability of the entire enemy's 6th Combined Arms Army.
The operational plan of the 8th Combined Arms Army on the Kostyantynivka direction is to envelop the tactical group of the "Khortytsia" OSG, which is defending south of Kostyantynivka between Oleksandropil and Tarasivka from the flanks. The enemy aims to encircle and destroy this group or, if unable to do so, force it to withdraw from the area south of Kostyantynivka in a northwestern direction under the threat of encirclement. The ultimate goal of these actions is a two-pronged breakthrough from the southwest and southeast toward the area of Stepanivka – Berestok – Pleshchiivka – Yablunivka, followed by a simultaneous assault on Kostyantynivka from this area and from the direction of Chasiv Yar. After the reaching the Poltavka–Pleshchiivka line, the enemy’s 3rd Combined Arms Army, reinforced by an airborne forces group, will attempt a rapid breakthrough from the bridgehead on the Siverskyi Donets–Donbas canal in the Chasiv Yar area, advancing from the northeast toward Kostyantynivka.
The objective of enemy forward units attacking in the Shcherbaky area may be to seize the commanding heights located west of Orikhiv from Novoandriivka to Novopavlivka. This position would allow the enemy to establish fire control over the Orikhiv – Komyshuvakha road, which is the main logistical route for the “Tavriya” OSG in the Orikhiv defensive area. In the near future, the direction of the main strike by the 58th Combined Arms Army from the zone of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division is likely to shift further east (possibly Nesteryanka – Novoandriivka). Operationally, the enemy offensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction may resemble an attempt to outflank the Orikhiv defensive area from the flanks by attacking from the Shcherbaky – Nesteryanka line toward the heights west of Orikhiv and from the Myrne – Novopokrovka line toward the heights located east of the city.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 07.04.25
Personnel - almost 925,020 (+1,350);
Tanks – 10,567 (+13);
Armored combat vehicles – 21,997 (+25);
Artillery systems – 25,817 (+31);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,356 (+2);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,124 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 43,050 (+96);
Aircraft - 370 (0);
Helicopters – 335 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 31,874 (+28);
Intercepted cruise missiles – 3,145 (+15)
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
One person was killed, and two others were injured as a result of a Russian strike on the village of Tokarivka Druha in Kharkiv Oblast on the morning of April 7.
In the morning of April 7, Russian occupiers shelled Kharkiv Oblast six times — as a result of the strikes, two people were injured, fires broke out, a nine-story residential building, private homes, farm structures, and street power lines were damaged.
In Kherson, in the morning, due to an enemy shell hitting a house, a 31-year-old pregnant woman and her approximately two-year-old son were trapped under the rubble. The mother shielded the child with her own body. Later, local authorities reported that the number of wounded as a result of the morning shelling of Kherson had increased — two 49-year-old men injured in the artillery strike were hospitalized, and a 47-year-old man was also attacked by a Russian drone.
In Synelnykove District of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as a result of a strike with Russian guided aerial bombs in the evening of April 6, a man and two women were injured.
The Russian army carried out 42 strikes on the border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast during the night and morning of April 7, with 102 explosions recorded.
At least one person was killed and two injured as a result of Russian shelling of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk Oblast on April 7.
Three people were injured as a result of Russian drone strikes on Nikopol District of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the morning of April 7. In particular, in Nikopol, two women aged 49 and 56 were hospitalized in moderate condition after a drone strike.
During the day on April 7, in Kherson Oblast, Russian forces shelled the village of Sadove with artillery, injuring a 20-year-old man.
On the evening of April 7, the Russian army carried out an airstrike on the village of Slatyne in the border Derhachi community of Kharkiv Oblast, damaging at least eight houses.
As of March 2025, 591 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed by Russia, 22 are in captivity, and 11 are considered missing.
In the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, Russian occupiers have claimed ownership of 750 apartments and houses. The occupation mayor of the city, Oleh Morgun, stated that an “intensified inventory” is ongoing in the city. According to him, Mariupol has a “huge number” of homes classified as “ownerless,” but “currently there are 142 apartments in municipal ownership, which is about 2%, and court rulings regarding another 600 apartments have already come into legal force.”