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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on Saturday.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the American leader to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Kill Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of the south Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest utility provider stated the key work to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 total enemy drones launched targeting the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday rejected US allegations it has deployed military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "lack accurate details about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in the capital said 26 nationals had been given prison terms to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of individuals being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed 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 said of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.