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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located some 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be stopped in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," he said, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians died within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

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

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main efforts to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine overnight, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American allegations it has provided military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without exact information about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the support, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.