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Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

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

"When a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," he remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to pressure the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Attacks Claim Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per local sources.

Two civilians died within a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company announced the key work to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones sent targeting the country during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied American allegations it has sent soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have precise details about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cubans had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv project that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the support, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.