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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

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

"When a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and urging the US president to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the primary work to repair the grid was concluded though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched against the country during the night, the military announced on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US claims it has sent soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack accurate details about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information spread of Cuban nationals being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

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

Kin of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.