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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, per a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such operations show that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, covering the conflict with Russia," he remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and urging the President to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Operations continued on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the primary work to restore power was complete though some outages remained.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected US allegations it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "do not have precise information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on social media.