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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing detonations and a fire, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the conflict with Russia," he stated, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider announced the primary work to repair the grid was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched against the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials stated it intercepted 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected US allegations it has deployed military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "are without accurate details about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been convicted to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.