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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two people died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest utility provider said the primary operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American claims it has deployed military personnel to fight in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges opposing fighters to surrender, stated in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them has the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who left for Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.