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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a phone call on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and urging the American leader to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people were killed in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv

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

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider stated the main work to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine overnight, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been sentenced to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information spread of individuals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that promotes enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the support, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.