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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the third intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," he stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to compel the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Strikes Kill Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Work in Kyiv

Operations continued on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm stated the primary operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed against the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Accusations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied US assertions it has sent soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise information about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a state initiative that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who departed to Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.