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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Truce in Ukraine

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

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in the Capital

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

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the main efforts to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 enemy drones deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to the War

Havana on Saturday denied American assertions it has sent soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "lack accurate data about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports spread of individuals being sent to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state initiative that urges adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them has the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.