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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, according to a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he said, praising Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the US president to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the key work to recover electricity was concluded though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry stated it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied US claims it has deployed troops to fight in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "lack precise data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been sentenced to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them has the support, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.