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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such operations show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to pressure the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of the south Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Repair Efforts in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the main work to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia sent against Ukraine in the dark hours, the military reported on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday rejected US allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "do not have precise details about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of individuals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state initiative that urges adversaries to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cubans who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.