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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a blaze, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such attacks demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," the President remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed within a church in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the main efforts to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent targeting the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities claimed it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied US allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without exact details about individuals" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a state initiative that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.