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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian oil facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"When a conflict can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the US president to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa area, per local sources.

Two people died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main efforts to repair the grid was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country overnight, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it shot down 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted US allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "do not have exact information about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a state program that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.