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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," he remarked, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Repair Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest power firm stated the key operations to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it shot down forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday denied US allegations it has deployed soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while stating the government "are without precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that urges opposing fighters to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual has the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

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