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Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Broker Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Power Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work continued on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the primary work to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday rejected American allegations it has sent troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in Havana stated twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual have the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.