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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a fire, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a particular zone, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the US president to pressure the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Attacks Claim Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per local sources.

Two people lost their lives inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the main work to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 Russian drones launched towards the country in the dark hours, the military said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry stated it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday rejected American allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "do not have exact data about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.