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Ukraine's drones have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in explosions and a inferno, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people died inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Efforts continued on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest private energy company stated the main work to repair the grid was finished though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 enemy drones sent targeting the country overnight, the military announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted US allegations it has deployed military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without exact information about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that not a single one has the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.