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Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to influence the Russian government into talks.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least five people on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, per local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Work in Kyiv

Work proceeded on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main work to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones sent towards the country during the night, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it shot down 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US claims it has deployed troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have accurate information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 nationals had been given prison terms to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being sent to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that urges adversaries to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.