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Ukraine's drones have targeted Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy stated, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Kill Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to parts of the south Odesa oblast, according to local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest power firm said the main operations to recover electricity was complete though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent targeting the country overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American allegations it has sent troops to fight in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise data about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in Havana said 26 nationals had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports spread of individuals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Details on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual has the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed international media at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.