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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the latest SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Operations continued on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest utility provider announced the primary operations to restore power was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones sent against Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials stated it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on Saturday denied US claims it has deployed military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "are without precise details about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state project that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

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

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.