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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the latest intelligence long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in one region, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to pressure the Russian government into talks.

Russian Attacks Kill Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the key work to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials said it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Sending Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American claims it has provided soldiers to engage in the hostilities, while affirming the government "lack exact information about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when news circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual have the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.