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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the past month. Such strikes show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Assaults Claim Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians died in a church in the town when it was struck, per regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major private energy company stated the key operations to recover electricity was concluded though some outages remained.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones sent against Ukraine overnight, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Providing Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American assertions it has provided military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "lack precise details about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in Havana stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state project that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the backing, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.