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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, according to a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," the President stated, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the American leader to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a religious building in the town when it was hit, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major utility provider announced the main operations to restore power was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed against the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday rejected US claims it has sent troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "do not have accurate details about individuals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a state initiative that promotes enemy combatants to give up, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one has the support, commitment, or consent 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 relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.