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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a blaze, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations show that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on the weekend and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider stated the main operations to repair the grid was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US allegations it has deployed soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "do not have exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that urges adversaries to surrender, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on online platforms.