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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a fire, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those attacks show that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the American leader to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, per regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities.

Energy Repair Work in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key efforts to repair the grid was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched towards Ukraine during the night, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied American claims it has deployed military personnel to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have accurate information about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that urges adversaries to surrender, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.