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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing detonations and a fire, per a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such operations show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a phone call on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian war," he said, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the US president to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives within a church in the town when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm said the key efforts to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 of 78 enemy drones deployed against the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied US assertions it has sent troops to engage in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.