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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a fire, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"When a war can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the US president to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals died in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, per regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest utility provider said the primary operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 enemy drones deployed against the country during the night, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it intercepted 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US assertions it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have accurate information about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Information on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that none of them possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.