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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's oil facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a fire, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a church in the town when it was hit, per regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Recovery Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest utility provider stated the main efforts to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia sent against the country overnight, the military reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it eliminated 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected American allegations it has provided troops to engage in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "are without exact data about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of individuals being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that promotes opposing fighters to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.