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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a blaze, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the 3rd SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on the weekend.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives in a church in the town when it was hit, per local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the key operations to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US allegations it has provided soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state initiative that promotes adversaries to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana commented of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.