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Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, located around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the President to compel the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives within a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest private energy company stated the main operations to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia launched targeting Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Accusations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US allegations it has deployed soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have accurate information about individuals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Details on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes adversaries to surrender, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on social media.