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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, praising Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the US president to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died in a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv

Efforts continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the key operations to restore power was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia launched towards the country during the night, the air force said on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Deploying Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American assertions it has sent military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring the government "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news spread of individuals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that encourages enemy combatants to give up, said in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that none of them possesses the encouragement, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who departed to Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.