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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such attacks show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President stated, commending Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the President to compel the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

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

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest power firm said the key efforts to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed towards the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected US claims it has provided troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "are without exact information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of individuals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that urges adversaries to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.