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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be ended as well, covering the conflict with Russia," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and urging the President to pressure the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Strikes Kill Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians died inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major utility provider announced the key operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US claims it has provided military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise details about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes adversaries to give up, said in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana stated of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.