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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

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

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, commending Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and urging the President to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people lost their lives inside a church in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Electricity Restoration Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the key operations to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it intercepted 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted US claims it has provided troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "lack precise data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that promotes adversaries to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.