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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a fire, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the key efforts to repair the grid was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities stated it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to the War

Cuba on the weekend denied American claims it has sent troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack precise details about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the support, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.