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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," he said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

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

Energy Repair Work in Kyiv

Work proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest power firm stated the main efforts to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry stated it eliminated 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied American assertions it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "are without exact information about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 nationals had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

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

Kin of individuals who left for Russia in 2023 told international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.