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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in explosions and a blaze, per a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the third SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be halted as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President said, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Assaults Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm said the primary work to restore power was concluded though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched targeting the country overnight, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials stated it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected US assertions it has provided troops to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about individuals" participating "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state program that urges adversaries to give up, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.