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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a fire, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a place of worship in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Power Restoration Work in the Capital

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest private energy company said the key work to restore power was concluded though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials said it intercepted 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend denied American allegations it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government project that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.