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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a phone call on Saturday.

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, commending Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals died inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Work in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the main work to recover electricity was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones launched targeting the country during the night, the military said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Deploying Troops to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected US allegations it has deployed soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise information about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The ministry in Havana announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news spread of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a state project that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of individuals who departed to Russia in the year told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.