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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a fire, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the third intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such attacks demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major power firm stated the primary work to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Troops to the War

Havana on the weekend refuted American assertions it has provided troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "do not have accurate data about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital said twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information emerged of individuals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Details on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes adversaries to give up, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

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

Relatives of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.