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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing blasts and a fire, according to a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a phone call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to compel the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the main operations to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones deployed against the country in the dark hours, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it eliminated forty-two drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US assertions it has provided soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that no individual have the backing, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.