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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing explosions and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

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

"When a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the US president to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major power firm said the primary efforts to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 total Russian drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

Cuba on Saturday refuted American allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack exact details about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.