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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such operations show that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be halted in one region, then surely other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President stated, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa area, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, per local officials.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

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

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm said the main efforts to restore power was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials said it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied American assertions it has sent troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated twenty-six nationals had been convicted to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to give up, said in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them has the encouragement, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.