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Ukrainian drones have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the 3rd intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the President to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the main operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent against the country during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted American allegations it has sent soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack accurate information about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Family members of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.