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Ukrainian drones have struck Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, per a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the 3rd intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be ended in a single area, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the President to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Power Repair Efforts in Kyiv

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

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest power firm said the primary work to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 enemy drones sent towards the country overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry stated it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when news spread of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.