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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people died inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per local officials.

Power Recovery Operations in Kyiv

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

Power had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the key work to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed against Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials said it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Havana on Saturday refuted US claims it has provided military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "are without precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes adversaries to give up, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana commented of those who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them have the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.