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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a phone call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President said, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to compel the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the key operations to repair the grid was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones sent targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities said it shot down 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied American allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack accurate information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who left for Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.