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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a fire, according to a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be stopped in one region, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians died within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the main work to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted American assertions it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "are without precise data about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana said twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that encourages opposing fighters to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.