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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a fire, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These operations show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

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

"When a conflict can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President remarked, commending Trump's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, according to local sources.

A pair of individuals died within a religious building in the town when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Work in Kyiv

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

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched towards the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Sending Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday rejected American allegations it has sent troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have exact data about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of individuals being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a state initiative that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Family members of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.