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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such operations demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President said, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the US president to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Efforts in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company stated the key operations to restore power was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force announced on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials said it shot down 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US claims it has sent soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "lack precise information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.