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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Assaults Claim Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people died within a place of worship in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm announced the key efforts to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones launched towards the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend refuted American assertions it has provided military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have accurate information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the support, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of individuals who left for Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.