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On April 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced via social media that Russian forces had been conducting strikes against Dnipropetrov and other Ukrainian cities and communities from the evening of April 24 to the early morning of April 25. As of now, the total number of injured across Ukraine has exceeded 30, with casualties reported in Chernihiv, Odessa, and Kharkiv regions, and four deaths. Zelenskyy stated that Russia primarily used attack drones, cruise missiles, and a large number of ballistic missiles, targeting residential buildings, energy facilities, and businesses. Furthermore, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine must push for the 21st round of European sanctions against Russia. Ukraine has already begun discussions with the EU team regarding possible new sanctions, with the core objective of significantly limiting the capabilities of Russia's military industry.

Market news: Pony.ai-W (02026.HK) announced a new generation of autonomous driving computing platform built on NVIDIA's (NVDA.O) Drive Hyperion system.

On April 25th, DeepRoute.com held a technology launch event at the Beijing Auto Show. CEO Zhou Guang stated that the company's multimodal large-model capabilities will achieve a breakthrough by early 2026. The starting point for large-model autonomous driving is far superior to the previous generation of technology. Small-model autonomous driving suffers from a "seesaw effect," failing to achieve full-scenario safety coverage. The company has fully shifted to the large-model approach, aiming to achieve 1,000-kilometer MPCI this year. At the launch event, Ruan Chong, former core researcher of multimodal technology at DeepSeek, made his first public appearance as Chief Scientist of DeepRoute.com. Ruan Chong stated that the company is moving from multiple small models to a unified base large-model architecture, further dividing it into three more specific models: driving, analysis, and evaluation. Currently, the single model iteration cycle has been reduced from over 100 hours to over 10 hours.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Russia’s nighttime attack on Ukraine has killed four people and injured more than 30.

On April 25th, the EU announced its 20th round of sanctions against Russia on April 23rd, adding 36 new restrictions on oil exploration, extraction, refining, and transportation. On the same day, the EU also approved a new €90 billion loan to Ukraine. In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at her weekly press conference on April 24th that Russia would retaliate severely against the EU sanctions, arguing that the EU, currently facing energy pressures, would only suffer the consequences of its own sanctions against Russia. Furthermore, she added that the EU's loan to Ukraine would further exacerbate the EU's own debt burden.

Ukrainian Air Force: Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 619 drones and 47 missiles.

On April 25th, according to Huawei Data Storage, the preview version of DeepSeek-V4 was officially released and open-sourced on April 24th. It increases the model context window to 1MB and introduces KV Cache sliding window and compression algorithms, effectively alleviating the computational complexity of Attention and memory access bandwidth pressure. The agent's capabilities are significantly improved, exhibiting more efficient and stable performance in long sequence inference and complex task processing. However, the new model also presents new challenges to the infrastructure. Huawei's DCS AI solution integrates Huawei's AI hardware and software products, leveraging its full-stack advantages to deeply adapt to DeepSeek-V4, completing system-level optimization and usability improvements.

April 25th - According to data from Maoyan Professional Edition, the total pre-sale box office for new films scheduled for the 2026 May Day holiday has exceeded 15 million yuan. "Letters to Grandma", "Cold War 1994", and "The Vanished Man" are currently ranked as the top three in the pre-sale box office chart for new films during the May Day holiday.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry: The foreign ministers of Egypt and Pakistan discussed ways to advance diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran in a phone call.

On April 25th, it was reported that Taichu Yuanqi, a domestic AI chip company, has completed deep and rapid adaptation and collaborative optimization of DeepSeek-V4 based on its self-developed AI accelerator card and SDAA software stack. It is understood that Taichu Yuanqi has conducted deeper operator fusion and communication optimization for the new architectural features of DeepSeek-V4, such as mHC and Muon optimizer. At the same time, it has improved the Teco-VLLM inference engine and SDAA development toolchain, lowering the barrier for users from "trial use" to "mass production".

April 25th - The 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress will be held in Beijing from April 27th to 30th, where the draft Medical Security Law will be submitted for deliberation. The draft will expand the coverage of maternity insurance and clarify that the maternity insurance fund and the basic medical insurance fund for employees will be merged into a single account.

Romania's Ministry of Defense: During Russia's nighttime attack on Ukraine, drone debris damaged an outbuilding and a utility pole in the city of Galats.

On April 25th, it was reported that on April 24th, 2026, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) held a system-wide warning education meeting and a meeting to promote the study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of performance. Pan Gongsheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of the PBOC, delivered a speech and a Party lecture. Pan Gongsheng pointed out that it is necessary to promote the high-quality development of the central bank's work. Based on the responsibilities of the PBOC, it is crucial to deeply analyze the performance-related issues behind economic and financial problems, strictly and practically implement the rectification measures following central inspections and audits, continuously address the "involutionary" competition among financial institutions, effectively coordinate the "five major tasks" in the financial sector, actively and steadily promote the resolution of local government financing platform debt and risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions, maintain a high-pressure crackdown on illegal financial activities in related fields, and continuously optimize the central bank's management and services for county-level finance.

On April 25th, in preparation for King Charles III's visit to the United States, the British flag was flown in Washington, D.C., but some residents noticed that many Australian flags were also displayed. A Washington, D.C. official stated that after discovering the error, they quickly replaced the incorrectly displayed Australian flags with British flags, but the cause of the error is still under investigation. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson announced on April 14th that King Charles III would begin a four-day visit to the United States on April 27th.

On April 25th, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released its 2026 plan for establishing cosmetic standards, proposing to formulate or revise 27 standards covering raw materials for hair dyes, cosmetic raw materials, and general technical requirements and testing methods for toothpaste, providing more precise technical support for cosmetic regulation in my country. According to the NMPA's Cosmetics Supervision Department, new cosmetic raw materials must be registered or filed before they can be used in my country.

Li Auto (LI.O) executives: Europe and Southeast Asia are seen as the company's next export markets.

The China Earthquake Networks Center officially reported that a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred at 10:19 a.m. on April 25 in Shawan City, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang (43.52 degrees north latitude, 84.93 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 16 kilometers.

On April 25, the Swiss Foreign Ministry issued a statement on April 24, announcing that after a risk assessment and consultations with Iran and the United States, it had decided to gradually reopen the Swiss Embassy in Iran. The statement said a small team of Swiss embassy staff had returned to Tehran, the Iranian capital. On March 11, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced the temporary closure of its embassy in Iran due to the situation in the Middle East and escalating security risks. Since the United States severed diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980, US affairs in Iran have been handled by the Swiss Embassy.