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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a blaze, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Recovery Work in the Capital

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

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major power firm stated the key efforts to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total enemy drones launched towards Ukraine during the night, the military reported on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted US allegations it has deployed military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "lack accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being sent to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the backing, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.