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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in one region, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major utility provider stated the key efforts to restore power was concluded though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American claims it has deployed soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without precise data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Details on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that encourages adversaries to surrender, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.