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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, per a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the American leader to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the main operations to restore power was finished though some outages remained.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country overnight, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend denied American claims it has deployed troops to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them have the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.